What is Baibu

Baibu is a herb with certain medicinal value. It has certain curative effects on new and long-term coughs, tuberculosis coughs and whooping coughs. It also has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on external diseases such as pinworm disease and genital itching. We need to use Baibu reasonably in our lives, but now many people do not know about Baibu. Let's take a closer look at what Baibu is.

Stemona has certain pharmacological effects. The bioalkaloid components in Stemona can reduce the excitability of the human respiratory center, suppress cough, and have a certain soothing effect on bronchial smooth muscles. We can make reasonable use of Stemona in our lives according to our own situation.

What is Stemona? Stemona, also known as Stemona grass; angiosperms, is an upright Stemona plant of the Stemonaceae family. The erect Stemona jasminoides is mainly produced in Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Zhejiang and Shandong, the creeping Stemona jasminoides is mainly produced in Zhejiang, and the opposite-leaf Stemona jasminoides is mainly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan and Guizhou. Dig up in spring and autumn, remove the fibrous roots, wash, blanch in boiling water or steam until there is no white core, take out and dry. It is sweet, bitter and slightly warm in nature. It enters the lung meridian. It is mainly used to moisten the lungs, relieve gas, stop cough and kill insects. Used for new and chronic cough, tuberculosis cough, whooping cough; used externally for head lice, body lice, pinworm disease, and genital itching. Honey and Stemona bulb can moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Used for Yin deficiency and fatigue cough.

Pharmacological effects of Stemona: 1. Antitussive and expectorant effects Stemona bioalkali can reduce the excitability of the respiratory center of animals, inhibit cough reflex and have an antitussive effect. 2. Anti-pathogenic microbial effects In vitro tests show that: Stemona decoction and alcohol extract have different degrees of inhibitory effects on pneumococci, beta-hemolytic streptococci, meningococci, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus, Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Diphtheria bacillus, pneumonia bacillus, plague bacillus, anthrax bacillus, Bacillus subtilis, Vibrio cholerae, and human tuberculosis bacillus. The water extract of Stemona ramosus has a certain inhibitory effect on certain pathogenic fungi in vitro. Stemona decoction can reduce the pathogenicity of Asian influenza A virus to mice, and also has a therapeutic effect on infected mice. The Newcastle virus test using chicken embryos showed that: Stemona can extend the life of chicken embryos by 36 hours.

After the above introduction, we have a simple understanding of what Baibu is. I hope it can be of some help to you. In our lives, many people suffer from pinworm disease, and some livestock have head lice and body lice. We can use Fritillaria thunbergii to treat them, better cure the disease and maintain good health.