The efficacy and function of wolfberry root

The root of wolfberry is actually what people often call the bark of Rehmannia glutinosa. As early as thousands of years ago, the medical community has used it as a medicinal material to treat people. In fact, the root of wolfberry has many effects and functions. In addition to its medical value, people can also use it to strengthen their bodies in daily life. People who eat hot pot in summer often use it to reduce fire, which can achieve the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving fever. There are many specific effects and functions, and everyone can learn about it in detail.

The benefits of wolfberry root

In different eras, people have used wolfberry root differently, but in general, its medicinal value and health benefits are being discovered more and more. Through the records in medical books of various eras, we can understand the specific effects of wolfberry root in detail.

Wolfberry root is the root bark of wolfberry, a plant of the Solanaceae family. It can be used as medicine, and has the effects of cooling blood, removing impurities, clearing the lungs and reducing fire. Used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats due to bone steaming, and cough due to lung heat. Clears heat and cools blood; treats consumptive disease, hot flashes, night sweats, cough and asthma due to lung heat, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, diabetes, hypertension, carbuncle, and ulcer. Cool blood and eliminate steaming, clear lungs and reduce fire.

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can eliminate the deficiency-heat in the liver and kidney in the lower part of the body.

2. Ben Jing: It treats evil qi in the five internal organs, heat, thirst, and general numbness.

3. "Ben Cao Shu": It is mainly used to treat fever due to deficiency, alternating chills and fever, bloody symptoms, epistaxis, coughing up blood, cough, wheezing, consumption, stroke, dizziness, convulsions, low back pain, paralysis, beriberi, edema, restlessness, palpitations, forgetfulness, urinary obstruction, and red and white turbid urine.

4. "Bencao Bie Shuo" (Bencao Bie Shuo): Treats wounds caused by wounds.

5. Bielu: It treats rheumatism, lower chest and flank qi, exogenous heat and headache, replenishes internal injuries, severe fatigue and wheezing, strengthens tendons, strengthens yin, benefits large and small intestines, and is resistant to cold and heat.

6. Materia Medica: Grind it into small pieces, mix it with flour, cook it and swallow it. It is mainly used to treat kidney wind.

7. "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy": removes bone heat and quenches thirst.

8. "Daily Materia Medica": Treats vomiting blood from the upper diaphragm; boils the soup to gargle with, stops bleeding from teeth, and treats osteoarthritis.

9. Li Gao: It is used to treat wind evil with no fixed location on the surface and bone steaming caused by sweating in corpses.

10. Wang Haogu: It can drain kidney fire, reduce latent fire in the lungs, remove fire in the cells, reduce fever, and replenish vital energy.

Health benefits of wolfberry root

1. Treat hypertension.

2. Treat malaria.

3. Treat juvenile flat warts, palmoplantar warts, and generalized eczema.

4. Treat pulpitis pain.

The therapeutic effects of wolfberry root

It is cold in nature and sweet in taste. Functions and indications: Cooling blood, removing steam, clearing lungs and reducing fire. It is used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats due to bone steaming, cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, and epistaxis.

Pharmacological effects of wolfberry root

1. Hypoglycemic effect: When rabbits were gavaged with a decoction of Radix Rehmanniae, their blood sugar levels first increased for a short time, then decreased permanently, and did not recover after 4 to 8 hours.

It has no significant antagonistic effect on hyperglycemia caused by injection of epinephrine. Subcutaneous injection of the extract in rabbits also lowered blood sugar. Another extract from the root of bearded wolfberry can cause a significant and lasting decrease in blood sugar in rats and increase carbohydrate tolerance. Its blood sugar-lowering effect is due to the guanidine derivatives it contains.

2. Effects on the cardiovascular system: The infusion, tincture and decoction of Radix Rehmanniae have a significant antihypertensive effect on anesthetized dogs, cats and rabbits when injected intravenously, accompanied by a slowing of the heart rate and a quickening of breathing; the effect of the infusion seems to be better than that of the decoction; repeated administration can produce varying degrees of rapid tolerance.

The concentrated tincture also exhibits a long-lasting and stable antihypertensive effect when injected intramuscularly into anesthetized dogs and cats or when the decoction is administered orally to unanesthetized rats. The antihypertensive effect of Lycium bark is related to the central nervous system, and it may also have the effect of blocking sympathetic nerve endings and directly dilating blood vessels. During the period of hypotensive treatment, there were no obvious changes in the electrocardiogram except for a slower heart rate and a decrease in T waves. A toxic dose could cause partial or even complete block of atrioventricular conduction in the guinea pig's heart.

3. Antipyretic effect: Rehmannia root bark has a significant antipyretic effect on rabbits with artificial fever.

Its ether extract and the aqueous extract of the residue after ethanol extraction had no effect, while the ethanol extract, water extract or aqueous extract of the residue after ether extraction all had an effect. Its antipyretic effect is weaker than that of aminopyrine and is approximately equal to that of other antipyretics.

Wolfberry root not only has rich pharmacological effects, but also has very rich health care and therapeutic effects. If you have lung heat cough, high blood sugar, cardiovascular disease, etc., then you must understand the effects and functions of wolfberry root, and use wolfberry root selectively according to your physical condition and needs. It is best to eat it under the guidance of a professional to avoid improper consumption and failure to exert its effectiveness.