The efficacy and function of golden jelly

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, scutellaria baicalensis, what are the effects and functions of scutellaria baicalensis? Let me introduce it to you today.

[Other names] Sapium wilfordii (Color Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines), Gastrodia elata, Mountain Turtle (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicines), Ground Turtle (Nanchuan Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines), Ground Turtle (Wenshan Chinese Herbal Medicines).

[Source] It is the tuberous root of the plant Stephania tetrandra of the Menispermaceae family. Available all year round. Wash, slice and dry.

【Original form】 Woody vine. The tuber is nearly spherical, with gray-brown skin. The stem is hollow. The outer skin is grayish white, striped and hairless. The leaves are alternate, membranous, broadly triangular-round, peltate, 10-15 cm long, 14-20 cm wide, obtuse with a small convex tip, with unclear shallow waves on the edges, pale underneath, with 9 palmate veins, 5 forward and 4 backward; the veins of young leaves are red, and red juice oozes out when broken; the petiole is 20-30 cm long. Dioecious, with axillary compound umbels; male inflorescences are nearly fleshy, with a peduncle about 4 cm long and branches 1 to 1.5 cm long; 6 sepals, narrowly obovate-oblong; 3 to 4 petals, short and broad obovate, with 2 glands on the inner surface. The drupe is obovate, about 6 mm long and wide, flattened, with 15 to 18 small transverse ribs on each side of the spine, the middle section of the ribs is flat, and the sides are concave. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] It grows on sunny hillsides, rock crevices, cliffs, and in bushes beside streams and ditches. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places.

[Chemical composition] The root contains about 1% of L-tetrahydropalmatine (i.e. tetrahydrochalcone), as well as flavonoids, amino acids, organic acids, sugars and phenols.

【Pharmacological effects】 ①Analgesic, hypnotic and sedative effects

【Properties and flavors】 Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "bitter, cold."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, invigorates the stomach and relieves pain, disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling. It is used to treat exogenous cough, sore throat, mouth ulcers, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, stomachache, carbuncle, swelling and pus, and bruises.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian; grind into powder, juice or soak in wine. For external use: mash and apply, grind into powder and sprinkle, or grind into juice and apply.

【Note】 Nanchuan's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Pregnant women should not take it."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the above introduction, I found that Sweet Coconut has so many pharmacological effects, and it also has good effects on some diseases. In fact, there may be many "treasures" around our lives, but most of the time we don’t have a heart that is good at discovering them.