The efficacy and function of konjac sauce

Konjac sauce is a traditional Chinese medicine. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing konjac sauce, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

[Other names] Goji jelly (Han Shu), konjac (Guang Zhi), Tupi bo (Dietary Materia Medica), Dapi bo (Chengdu County Chronicles), konjac, areca konjac (Lingnan Herbal Records), Qinglou, Xianglao (Guangdong Chinese Herbal Medicine), reed seeds (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection).

[Source] It is the fruit cluster of the Piperaceae plant. The fruits are picked when they are ripe in autumn, dried in the sun for a day, cut in half longitudinally, and dried in the sun.

[Original form] Konjac, also known as: Fuliuteng (Tang Materia Medica), Fuliuteng, Fu'eshi, and Konjac (Compendium of Materia Medica).

[Habitat distribution] Growing in shady and humid forests. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places. It is produced in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[Properties] The fruit cluster is dark brown, in the shape of long curved strips, about 3 to 6 cm long. The fruit stalk is about 2 to 4 cm long and has longitudinal grooves. It is easy to break, dust flies out when breaking, and the cross-section is lighter in color. It has a special smell and a spicy taste. The best ones are dry and not moldy, and have a spicy and strong taste.

【Chemical composition】 The root contains β-sitosterol.

[Processing] Leigong Paozhi Lun: "When making konjac sauce, scrape off the rough skin with a knife after picking it, then pound it, mix it with ginger juice, steam it for a day, and dry it the next day. For each 5 liang of konjac, use 5 liang of ginger juice and steam it until it is dry."

【Properties and flavors】 ① "Tang Materia Medica": "spicy, warm, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】Warms the middle, descends the Qi, disperses stagnation, and eliminates phlegm. It is used to treat cold pain in the heart and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, worm pain, cough and shortness of breath.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 0.8-1.5 qian. For external use: grind into powder and mix with other medicines.

[Additional prescription] For toothache: 50g each of konjac and asarum, 5 stems of soapberry (remove the seeds, add green salt to each hole, and burn to preserve its essence). Grind them into powder together and mix it frequently while spitting out saliva. (Imperial Pharmacy Prescriptions)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Ming Yi Bie Lu" 1. "Tang Materia Medica": Konjac grows in Bashu. It is a creeping plant with thicker and larger leaves similar to those of a king melon and a spicy flavor. Its fruit resembles a mulberry, with black skin and white flesh. The Western Rong also came from time to time. They were thin, spicy and strong, or they were of two kinds. People in Jiaozhou and Aizhou say that konjac is planted in large numbers, and it spreads and grows big. The seedlings are called floating vines. Take the leaves and mix them with betel nut and eat them, fortunately it is fragrant. There is also Piper serrata, which grows in clusters and has fine, spicy seeds, stronger than konjac sauce. This should be believed.

From the above introduction to konjac sauce, we can see that konjac sauce is of great help to the human body. It can improve some bad symptoms of the human body and is a very useful medicinal material for the human body.