The efficacy of Ligustrum lucidum

There are many kinds of medicines. When treating diseases, the choice of medicines should be based on the patient's disease, so that it will be helpful for the treatment of the patient's disease. Ligustrum lucidum is a common medicine. It has a good effect on the treatment of various diseases of the human body. Moreover, choosing it to treat human diseases will not cause any harm to one's own health. Therefore, it is a safe choice. What are the effects of Ligustrum lucidum?

There are many aspects to the effects of Ligustrum lucidum, and many people don’t know much about it. So when choosing it, you need to learn more about it so that it can help improve all aspects of the human body and you can use it with confidence.

Effects of Ligustrum lucidum:

It benefits the liver and kidneys, clears away heat and improves eyesight. Indications: dizziness, soreness of waist and knees, spermatorrhea, premature graying of hair, bone steaming and hot flashes, blurred vision, liver and kidney yin deficiency, sore waist and tinnitus, premature graying of hair, blurred vision, blurred vision, fever due to yin deficiency, stomach disease, gout and hyperuricemia.

1. Ligustrum lucidum is used to treat neurasthenia: Ligustrum lucidum, Channa intestine and Morus alba each 50 cents to 1 tael. Decoction in water. Or soak 2 catties of Ligustrum lucidum fruit in 2 catties of rice wine and take it daily in appropriate amount. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

2. Ligustrum lucidum nourishes the waist and knees, strengthens the tendons and bones, strengthens the yin and kidneys, and blackens the beard and hair: Ligustrum lucidum (harvested on the winter solstice: any amount, dried in the shade, steamed with honey wine, left overnight, peeled in a coarse bag, dried into powder, stored in a clay bottle, or boiled dry first, then used with Eclipta prostrata), Eclipta prostrata (harvested on the summer solstice, any amount), mash the juice and boil into a paste, mix with the previous medicine to make pills, and take with wine before going to bed. (Erzhi Pills from Yifang Jijie)

3. Ligustrum lucidum fruit treats wind-heat red eyes: No matter how much holly seeds are, mash the juice and boil it into a paste. Store it in a clean bottle, bury it in the ground for seven days, and use it as a paste for eye drops. ("Emergency Prescription")

4. Ligustrum lucidum is used to treat kidney dryness and heat, stranguria and painful urination, weakness in the waist and legs, and long-term lower abdominal distension: 4 qian of Ligustrum lucidum, 6 qian of Rehmannia glutinosa, 6 qian of tortoise shell, 2 qian each of Angelica sinensis, Poria cocos, Dendrobium candidum, Pollen, Polygonum multiflorum, Achyranthes bidentata, and Plantago seed, and 3 large clams. Decoction in water. (Nuzhen Decoction from "Yichun Shengyi")

5. Ligustrum lucidum nourishes the kidney and yin. Take Ligustrum lucidum fruit, remove the stems and leaves, soak them in wine for a day and a night, peel off the skin, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and wait until the morning lotus grass emerges, pick a few stones, mash the juice and boil it into a thick paste, then make the powder into balls as big as walnuts. Take 100 pills every night, with wine. After more than ten days, the old man's physical strength increased and he no longer had to get up at night. It can also change white hair to black, strengthen the waist and knees, and raise Yin energy. Another recipe: Use Ligustrum lucidum fruits harvested in early winter and dried in the shade, soak them in wine for one day, steam them thoroughly and dry them in the sun, and take one pound and four ounces; use ten ounces of Eclipta prostrata harvested and dried in the shade in summer; use ten ounces of mulberry fruits harvested in late spring and dried in the shade. Grind the three ingredients into powder, add refined honey and make into pills as big as walnuts. Take seven or eight Zhi pills each time, with light salt water. If the mulberries are picked in May and the lotus is picked in August, you can directly mash the juice and mix the medicine without adding honey.

6. Ligustrum lucidum fruit is used to treat optic neuritis: one liang each of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, Cassia seed and Atractylodes macrocephala seed. Decoction in water. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

7. Ligustrum lucidum is used to treat scrofula, tuberculous hot flashes, etc.: 3 qian of Ligustrum lucidum, 2 qian of Rehmannia glutinosa, 1.5 qian of Artemisia annua, 2.5 qian of Prunella vulgaris. Boil in water and take three times a day. (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine)

8. For all eye diseases, mash Ligustrum lucidum leaves, add potassium nitrate, mix well and apply to the eyes.

9. Red eyes due to wind-heat. Use unlimited amount of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, mash the juice and boil it into a paste, store it in a clean bottle, bury it in the ground for seven days, and then use it to put on the eyes.

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11. Malnutrition in children: 6 grams each of Ligustrum lucidum, Polygonatum sibiricum and Coix seed can be used. Grind into powder and take with boiled water, 1 dose per day. It has a health-care effect on malnutrition and immunodeficiency in children.

12. Refractory insomnia: 30g of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, 15g of Ziziphus jujuba seed, 10g of Echinochloa ciliata seed, 5g of Schisandra chinensis, 4g of amber powder (soaked). Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, once in the afternoon and once in the evening. It can be taken continuously for 5 to 7 days.

13. Hyperlipidemia: 1500 grams of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, add water and boil the pus to make it into an extract, dry and grind it, add appropriate amount of honey, and put it in a bottle for later use. The daily dosage is equivalent to 30 grams of the raw medicinal material Ligustrum lucidum, taken in 3 times.

It is suitable to be used raw to clear away heat, and it is suitable to be used processed to nourish the liver and kidneys. For those with liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, it is often used together with Houttuynia cordata; for those with yin deficiency, internal heat, dizziness and irritability, bone steaming and hot flashes, spermatorrhea, night sweats, thirst and stranguria, it is often used in combination with raw rehmannia, tortoise shell, rehmannia root bark, pollen, etc.

Through the above introduction, we can see that there are some effects of Ligustrum lucidum. It can treat many diseases, so you can choose it to treat diseases with confidence. However, it should be noted that when choosing it, you must be patient in using it, and if any problems arise during use, they must be explained in a timely manner.