Side effects of smilax china

We also call Polygonum multiflorum as Chess vine or Polygonum multiflorum vine. Polygonum multiflorum is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. We can use Polygonum multiflorum to treat many diseases. Polygonum multiflorum has good benefits of health preservation, blood nourishing and calming the nerves, so we must use the medicinal effects of Polygonum multiflorum to serve us. We can use Polygonum multiflorum to treat symptoms such as hypertension, vascular sclerosis and skin allergies.

In clinical practice, we often use Polygonum multiflorum to treat scabies and insomnia. As long as we are good at using it, Polygonum multiflorum can bring many benefits to our body, but we should also pay attention to its side effects.

The night-blooming vine is a perennial herb. The tubers are thick, oblong, and dark brown. The stem is twining, 2-4 meters long, the stipules are membranous, oblique, and glabrous. The flowering period is August-September, and the fruiting period is September-October. Indications: Treat insomnia, overwork, excessive sweating, body pain due to blood deficiency, carbuncle, scrofula, wind sore, scabies and tinea.

【effect】

Nourish the heart and soothe the mind, dispel wind and unclog the meridians.

【Traditional applications】

1. Restlessness, insomnia and dreaminess

Polygonum multiflorum is sweet and tonic, enters the heart and liver meridians, can nourish yin and blood, nourish the heart and calm the mind, it is suitable for symptoms such as insomnia, dreaminess, palpitations, dizziness, etc. caused by yin deficiency and blood deficiency. Clinically, it is often used together with heart-nourishing and mind-soothing drugs such as elixir bark, spinach seed, and cypress seed. If insomnia is caused by yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, mother of pearl, dragon bone, oyster, etc. can be added to suppress yang and calm the mind to achieve the desired effect.

2. Body pain due to blood deficiency, rheumatic pain

This product nourishes yin, dispels wind, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. To treat body pain due to blood deficiency, it is often used together with Millettia reticulata, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong and other blood-tonifying, blood-activating and collateral-unblocking products; to treat rheumatic pain, it is often used together with Notopterygium wilfordii, Angelica dahurica, Viscum album, Gentiana macrophylla and other anti-rheumatic and pain-relieving drugs.

3. Skin itching

This product has the effect of dispelling wind and stopping itching. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it "is mainly used to treat itching caused by wind sores, scabies and tinea", so it can be used to treat skin rashes, scabies and other itchy diseases. It is often used together with cicada shells, duckweed, Kochia seeds, Cnidium monnieri, etc. to make a decoction for external washing, which has the effect of dispelling wind and stopping itching. Using this product alone also has certain effects.

4. Carbuncle, hemorrhoid swelling and pain

Polygonum multiflorum can promote blood circulation, dredge meridians, reduce swelling and relieve pain. "Anhui Medicinal Materials" says that it "eliminates carbuncles, scrofula and hemorrhoids." Therefore, it is an excellent product for eliminating carbuncles and treating hemorrhoids. For example, "Common Folk Herbs in Guangxi" says that for treating axillary carbuncle, use appropriate amount of this product and Rhizoma Cistanches, mash them and apply them to the affected area; if treating swollen and painful hemorrhoids, use appropriate amount of Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Trichosanthis, and Rhizoma Cunninghamiae, decoct them in water and wash the affected area.

【Modern Research】

The stems contain anthraquinones, mainly rhamnosin, chrysophanol or rhamnosin methyl ether, all in bound form. The stems and leaves contain a variety of flavonoids, and luteolin-5-O-xyloside has been obtained. Preliminary tests also showed that it contained stilbenes and tannins.

【Pharmacological action】

This product has a sedative and hypnotic effect. The sedative and hypnotic effects of the decoction of Polysomnography and its influence on sleep phases were studied in mice using the cage rotation method and in rats using polysomnography. The results showed that the combination of Polysomnography (9 g/kg) and the subthreshold hypnotic dose of sodium pentobarbital (20 mg/kg) in the cage rotation method had an obvious synergistic effect. The immediate sleep effects of Polysomnography (20 g/kg) and diazepam (5 mg/kg) after taking a single dose were basically similar, that is, the total sleep time was prolonged, mainly the slow-wave sleep phase was prolonged, and the paradoxical sleep period was shortened. When the decoction of Polygonum multiflorum was administered orally twice for 3 consecutive days, the hypnotic effect was more obvious, and the latency of slow-wave sleep was significantly shortened.

Above we introduced what is Polygonum multiflorum. We know that Polygonum multiflorum is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. Polygonum multiflorum has good health-preserving and health-care effects. Polygonum multiflorum can nourish blood, and we can use Polygonum multiflorum to treat symptoms such as insomnia and scabies. The above article introduces the side effects of Polygonum multiflorum in detail.