How to take He Shou Wu tablets

The Polygonum multiflorum that we often see in our daily lives is basically sliced. As for the ways of eating Polygonum multiflorum slices, the more common ways are to eat them raw, use them as medicine, or make them into dishes. As a common Chinese herbal medicine, Polygonum multiflorum has many benefits to the human body. For example, it can be used to treat scrofula, carbuncle, and constipation, and it also has a certain effect on hair growth.

Raw Shouwu, that is, the raw product of Polygonum multiflorum, can be directly sliced ​​and used as medicine without any processing. Raw Polygonum multiflorum is sweet, bitter, and neutral in nature. It enters the heart, liver, and large intestine meridians. The functions of raw Polygonum multiflorum are detoxification, carbuncle elimination, and bowel moistening and laxative. It is often used to treat scrofula, carbuncle, urticaria itching, and dry intestine constipation. The therapeutic mechanism of raw Polygonum multiflorum lies in "drainage", which will damage the body's positive energy to a certain extent. Therefore, patients with deficiency syndrome should use raw Polygonum multiflorum with caution.

Processed Shouwu, which is the processed product of Polygonum multiflorum, is made by boiling black beans, steaming them, and then drying them for use as medicine. Processed Polygonum multiflorum is sweet, astringent and slightly warm. It enters the liver and kidney meridians. Processed Polygonum multiflorum can nourish the liver and kidneys, improve the essence and blood, blacken the hair, and strengthen the tendons and bones. It is used for blood deficiency and chlorosis, dizziness and tinnitus, premature graying of hair, soreness of the waist and knees, numbness of limbs, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and physical weakness caused by long-term malaria. The famous anti-aging prescriptions "Shouwu Pills", "Qibao Meiran Pills" and "Songshan Shouwu Tea" are made with processed Polygonum multiflorum as the main ingredient. Using Polygonum multiflorum can improve the aging signs of middle-aged and elderly people, such as gray hair, tooth loss, age spots, etc. It can promote the improvement of human immunity and inhibit the deposition of "lipofuscin" that can cause aging in the body's organs. Shouwu can also dilate the coronary arteries of the heart, lower blood lipids, and promote the production of red blood cells, so it has a preventive effect on coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, anemia in the elderly, brain degeneration, signs of premature aging, etc. The single dosage of Shouwu is 10 to 15 grams per day.

The method of taking Shouwu tablets is as described above. Patients should be careful to identify the type of products and must not eat them blindly.