The efficacy and role of Tianzhuhuang [picture]

Nowadays, our living standards are constantly improving, but our health quality is constantly declining. Unscientific diet poses a potential threat to our bodies. Many Chinese medicinal herbs can regulate and improve our bodies. Here I would like to introduce you to Rhizoma Cibotii [Picture].

[Source] This product is a block of dried secretions from the stems of plants such as Bambusa textilis McClure and Schizostachyum chinense Rendle of the Poaceae family . Harvested in autumn and winter.

[Properties] This product is irregular flakes or particles of varying sizes. The surface is gray-blue, gray-yellow or gray-white, and some are pure white, translucent and slightly shiny. It is light, hard and brittle, easy to break and highly hygroscopic. Odorless, light taste.

[Identification] (1) Take an appropriate amount of this product, incinerate it and reduce it to ashes. Add an equal volume mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid to the residue, filter it, add ammonium molybdate TS to the filtrate, shake it, and then add ferrous sulfate TS. A blue color will appear.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, cold.

[return through] heart and liver meridians.

【Function and indication】 Clears away heat and resolves phlegm, cools the heart and calms the nerves. It is used for coma due to febrile disease, confusion caused by phlegm in stroke, epilepsy due to phlegm-heat in children, convulsions, and night crying.

【Usage and Dosage】 3～9g. It is often used in pills and powders.

【Storage】Sealed and stored in a dry place.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

[Other names] Tianzhu yellow, bamboo yellow

【Pharmacological Action】 Antibacterial experiment: It has a strong inhibitory effect on common pyogenic cocci and intestinal pathogenic bacteria.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and resolves phlegm, calms the mind and relieves convulsions. It is used for coma and delirium caused by febrile disease, phlegm accumulation caused by stroke, and convulsions in children.

【Usage and Dosage】 1 to 2 coins. It is often used in pills and powders.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

The effects and functions of Radix Glehniae [Picture] are varied, and we should choose the appropriate method of consumption according to different physical symptoms. In life, we can learn more about this when we have free time.