The efficacy and function of Baiwei

Baiwei is a very good medicinal herb. It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients. It has extremely high medicinal value. Let us learn about several aspects of Baiwei below.

【English name】 RADIX CYNANCHI ATRATI

【Alias】 White horsetail

[Source] This product is Cynanchum atratum Bge, a plant of the Asclepiadaceae family. Or Cynanchum versicolor Bge. Dried roots and rhizomes . Dig up in spring and autumn, wash and dry.

[Properties] The rhizome of this product is short and thick, with tubercles and is mostly curved. There are round stem scars on the top, and many slender roots clustered below and on both sides. The roots are 10 to 25 cm long and 0.1 to 0.2 cm in diameter. The surface is brown-yellow. It is brittle and easy to break. The bark is yellow-white in cross section, and the wood is yellow. It has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste.

[Processing] Remove impurities, wash, soak, cut into sections and dry.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, salty, and cold.

[entry into meridians] Enter the stomach, liver and kidney meridians.

【Functions and indications】 Clears heat and cools blood, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria, detoxifies and treats sores. It is used for fever caused by pathogenic warmness damaging the blood, fever due to yin deficiency, bone steaming and fatigue fever, fever due to blood deficiency after childbirth, hot stranguria, hematuria, carbuncle and swelling.

【Usage and Dosage】 4.5～9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

[Source] "Ben Jing"

In fact, you will only know its benefits after practicing it. Just like the traditional Chinese medicine Baiwei introduced above, it turns out that Baiwei can also treat some other diseases. Therefore, eating it in moderation has many benefits.