The efficacy and function of Chinese herbal medicine reed root

Talking about the efficacy and functions of the Chinese medicine reed root is very simple for those old Chinese medicine practitioners, because they have devoted their whole lives to this aspect. It is precisely because of their selfless dedication that Chinese medicine has not declined. Now many people still trust Chinese medicine, because everyone knows that Western medicine only treats the symptoms and not the root cause, while Chinese medicine is just the opposite. Chinese medicine can treat diseases from the root of human beings.

Reed root is a kind of Chinese medicinal material and a relatively common one, and it is not very precious. Although reed root is not precious, it has many functions and effects and is very beneficial to the human body. So, let’s introduce in detail the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine reed root.

The efficacy and function of reed root

Fever and thirst. This medicine is sweet and cold in nature, and can clear the heat in the lung and stomach, and can also produce fluid to quench thirst and relieve restlessness. Therefore, it can be used to treat heat diseases that damage body fluids, restlessness, heat and thirst.

Decoction into a thick juice and drink it frequently (from "Elbow Back Prescription"). It is often used with other medicines such as Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Trichosanthis. Or its fresh juice can be taken with Ophiopogon japonicus juice, pear juice, water chestnut juice, and lotus root juice, such as Wujuice Drink (Treatise on Febrile Diseases).

The efficacy and function of reed root

Stomach heat and vomiting. This product can clear stomach heat and stop vomiting. It can be taken fresh with green bamboo shoots, ginger, etc., such as Reed Root Drink

Cough due to lung heat, and vomiting of pus due to lung abscess. This product enters the lung meridian and is good at clearing away lung heat. It is used to treat lung heat cough and is often used in combination with other medicines such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Fritillaria thunbergii, and Trichosanthes kirilowii. If treating wind-heat cough, you can use mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, bitter almonds and other medicines, such as Sangju Drink (Treatise on Febrile Diseases). If treating lung abscess with pus vomiting, it is often used with coix seed, wax gourd seed, etc., such as reed stem soup (Qianjin Fang).

The efficacy and function of reed root

1. Reed root can clear the middle and dispel wind-heat, and can be used to treat wind-heat cough. It is often combined with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, platycodon and other medicines to dispel wind and heat, promote lung function and relieve cough. The recipe is Sangju Drink in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".

2. Reed root is used for fever and thirst. Reed root is sweet and cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting the production of body fluid, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst. It is used to treat damage to body fluid caused by fever, restlessness and thirst. It is often combined with gypsum, ophiopogon japonicus, and root of trichosanthes to enhance the efficacy of the medicine.

3. Fresh use has stronger medicinal power and can treat severe heat and body fluid damage, with symptoms of dry mouth, thirst, spitting white sticky foam and discomfort. It is often used with water chestnut juice, pear juice, Ophiopogon japonicus juice, etc. The recipe is such as the Five Juice Drink in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".

4. Reed root is used for hot and painful stranguria. Reed root can clear away heat, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria. For treating heat stranguria, it is often combined with Akebia, Plantago seed, Talcum powder and other drugs to clear away damp heat, relieve stranguria and relieve pain. For treating hematuria, it should be combined with Imperata root, Thistle, Ramie root and other drugs to clear away heat, relieve stranguria, cool blood and stop bleeding.

5. In the early stage of measles, if the rash is not coming out smoothly, you can use reed root with mint and cicada shell to dispel wind and heat, expel toxins and clear the rash.

6. Reed root is used for cough due to lung heat and pus vomiting due to lung abscess. Reed root can clear away lung heat and act as a diuretic, and can guide heat and toxins out of the urine. Therefore, it can treat lung heat, cough with thick phlegm, and lung abscess with cough and spitting of pus and blood. To treat the former, it is often combined with mulberry bark, scutellaria baicalensis, Fritillaria and other drugs to clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough; to treat the latter, it is often combined with platycodon, houttuynia cordata, raw coix seed, honeysuckle and other drugs to clear the lungs, discharge pus, detoxify and treat abscesses.

7. Reed root has the property of penetrating and dispersing, and can be used to treat patients with initial symptoms of febrile disease. It is often combined with honeysuckle, forsythia, schizonepeta spicate and other drugs to achieve the effects of penetrating heat, detoxifying, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. The prescription is Yinqiao Powder in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".

8. Reed root can also be used to treat puffer fish poisoning. Use the juice alone, or add ginger, perilla leaves, etc., and boil it in water to drink.

9. Reed root is used for vomiting caused by stomach heat. Reed root can clear away heat, harmonize the stomach and stop vomiting, but it is not greasy and harmful to the stomach. Therefore, it is an important medicine for treating vomiting caused by stomach heat. For mild cases, it can be used alone. For severe cases, it is often used with bamboo shavings, ginger, rice, etc. to enhance the effect of clearing heat, relieving adverse effects, and stopping vomiting, such as the Reed Root Drink in Qianjin Yaofang.

Although the Chinese medicinal herb reed root is very inconspicuous, no one would have thought that this inconspicuous reed root can have so many functions and effects, which is perfect for treating certain human diseases. Although reed root has great effects, people should not take it for all kinds of illnesses in the future, because all medicines are toxic, so we still need to do a good job of prevention.