What are the effects and functions of Panax notoginseng and how to eat it?

Panax notoginseng is actually a very common Chinese herbal medicine, but it is not a common Chinese herbal medicine, and most people still don’t know what it is. Today, the editor will take everyone to understand the functions and effects of Panax notoginseng. Then teach everyone how to eat Panax notoginseng. How to eat it can help our health.

What is Tianqi

Panax notoginseng is a very precious Chinese medicinal material. It is an outstanding species of the genus Panax notoginseng with unique effects.

Panax notoginseng can also be called Panax notoginseng, Golden Notoh, Panax notoginseng, Blood Ginseng, Mountain Lacquer, Buddha's Hand Mountain Lacquer, Field Lacquer, and Panax notoginseng. This is a well-known local specialty of Guangxi Province and Yunnan Province. It is a green plant of the genus Panax notoginseng in the Araliaceae family. It is a perennial herb with medicinal value for its underground rhizome.

According to the Shennong's Herbal Classic by Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, Panax notoginseng "tastes slightly sweet and bitter, quite similar to the taste of wild ginseng" and is known as "worth more than gold". When used raw, it has obvious effects of invigorating blood and clearing the brain, dispersing blood stasis, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, reducing swelling and relieving pain. When used cooked, it has the effects of invigorating blood circulation, removing blood stasis, replenishing blood and qi, and strengthening yin and blood.

The classic pharmacology work of the Qing Dynasty, "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica", said: "Wild ginseng is the best for replenishing qi and blood, and Panax notoginseng is the best for replenishing blood and qi. They have the same taste and function, so they are named Wild Ginseng and Panax notoginseng, which are the most precious Chinese medicinal materials." The world-famous "Tianqi Toothpaste", "Yunnan Baiyao" and "Pian Zaihuang" are made with Panax notoginseng as the key raw material.

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Effects and Benefits of Panax Notoginseng

Activate blood

Panax notoginseng is known as the "magic medicine for promoting blood circulation". It can disperse blood stasis and promote blood circulation without leaving blood stasis. It is more suitable for those who suffer from both bleeding and blood stasis. After anesthesia and oral administration of Panax notoginseng powder, the coagulation time and prothrombin time of the jugular artery and vein were reduced. If the portal vein is ligated beforehand, the blood-activating effect will be weakened. It is inferred that after Panax notoginseng is taken orally, it must be metabolized by the liver to produce the blood-activating effect.

The blood-activating effect of Panax notoginseng is mainly through increasing the number of platelets and improving the maintenance of platelet function.

The blood-activating effect of Panax notoginseng is also related to contracting some blood vessels and increasing the water content of thrombin in the blood. Panax notoginseng acid is easily destroyed when heated, so it is best to use Panax notoginseng raw to promote blood circulation.

Antithrombotic

Panax notoginseng has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dispersing blood stasis, and can resist platelet aggregation and thrombosis.

Panax notoginseng inhibits the thrombin-induced conversion of fibrinogen to free fatty acids, activates streptokinase, and promotes the dissolution of free fatty acids. The above effects show that the anti-thrombotic effect of Panax notoginseng includes the process of anti-platelet aggregation, anti-thrombin and promoting free fatty acid dissolution.

Promote hematopoiesis

Panax notoginseng can "remove blood stasis and promote new growth". Modern scientific research has confirmed that Panax notoginseng has the effect of nourishing blood and qi. In rats with subacute hemorrhagic anemia, Panax notoginseng injection can significantly promote the recovery of blood cell, reticulocyte and hemoglobin concentrations.

Liver protection

Panax notoginseng has the effect of resisting liver damage. Panax notoginseng has a certain choleretic effect. Panax notoginseng injection can significantly reduce serum bilirubin and promote bile metabolism in rabbits with intrahepatic obstructive jaundice caused by α-naphthyl isothiocyanate. Panax notoginseng promotes liver protein production, increases the incorporation rate of 3H-TdR into damaged liver DNA, and increases the incorporation rate of 3H-leucine into liver protein.

Anti-tumor

Ginsenoside Rh1 has an inhibitory effect on paraffin-sectioned hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Ginsenoside Rh can inhibit the growth and development of melanoma (B16) in mice, and its efficacy is concentration-dependent. When Panax notoginseng saponins co-exist with concanavalin A (ConA) or phytohemagglutinin (PHA), the induced mouse spleen cells have a strong anti-tumor specificity, which may be due to the fact that PNS enhances the destructive ability of the activated cellular immunity.

Pain relief

Panax notoginseng is a common medicine for treating bruises and has accurate analgesic effect. The analgesic ingredient is ginsenoside.

How to eat Panax notoginseng

1. The roots, stems, flowers and leaves of Panax notoginseng can all be used as medicine. Cut the dried Panax notoginseng roots, grind them into powder and take them. If they can be boiled into soup with meat or chicken, their effect will be increased. "Tianqi Steam Pot Chicken" is a traditional Yunnan delicacy, which has the effect of nourishing the mind and replenishing the body after eating.

2. Panax notoginseng has the effect of "both raw and cooked". That is: taking raw Panax notoginseng can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, quickly reduce swelling, and treat injuries from falls and fatigue; taking cooked Panax notoginseng (fried with chicken until it turns yellow) can replenish blood and Qi, and strengthen the body.

3. Reduce high blood lipids and high blood pressure, and balance blood sugar levels. Take 1.8 grams of Panax notoginseng powder daily, divided into 3 times before meals. Regular consumption has a significant effect on softening blood vessels and blood pressure; it also has a dual balancing effect on blood sugar levels.

4. Treat gastrointestinal inflammation. Use Panax notoginseng to grind into fine powder, 1 gram each time, take it with boiling water, long-term use has good effect.

5. Take raw Panax notoginseng powder with warm water: Grind the thick root and reed head of Panax notoginseng into powder, take 3 times a day, 1 gram each time (to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases), or 3-6 grams (to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases)