The efficacy and function of madder

Rubia cordifolia is a perennial herb. Because madder means red, people often used madder as fuel a long time ago. Not only that, madder is also a rare Chinese medicinal material that can help people treat many diseases. Let's take a look at the effects and functions of madder cordifolia.

Rubia cordifolia tastes a bit bitter and astringent. It is a traditional Chinese medicine that can stop bleeding and eliminate blood stasis when used, and can treat many diseases. One of the effects and functions of madder is that it can treat vomiting blood and thirst. "Shengji Zonglu": Use madder root and male black bean to remove the skin, roast licorice in equal parts, grind into powder, make into pills as big as marbles with well water, dissolve in warm water and take one pill each time.

For black beard and black hair, take the juice of 500 grams of madder and 1500 grams of rehmannia. Use five large bowls of water to boil the madder and squeeze out the juice. Boil the residue three times again. Use the juice and rehmannia juice to simmer into a paste on low heat and bottle it. Take half a spoonful of it with warm wine on an empty stomach every day. In one month, your beard and hair will be as black as lacquer. Avoid radish and the five pungent vegetables.

"Tang Medicine Experience Prescriptions" on menstruation at the age of fifty: If a woman's menstruation does not stop after the age of fifty, it is considered as blood loss. Use 50 grams of madder root, also known as Alpinia officinalis, 25 grams each of donkey-hide gelatin, Platycladus orientalis leaves, and roasted Scutellaria baicalensis, 50 grams of raw Rehmannia glutinosa, and a ball of baby's fetal hair burned into ash. Divide it into six doses. Use one and a half cups of water for each dose, boil it for seven minutes, and take it with the hair ash.

Shihuisan (from "The Divine Book of Ten Medicines") is used to treat upper part of the body bleeding caused by blood heat. Coughing up blood, hemoptysis, vomiting blood, the blood is bright red, the tongue is red, and the pulse is rapid. 9-15g each of great burdock, negundo, lotus leaf, cypress leaf, Imperata root, madder root, gardenia, rhubarb, peony bark, and palm bark. Take with warm water, or boiled as a decoction and taken after meals. The madder root in the formula can promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, cool blood and stop bleeding without the risk of residual blood stasis, and is the assistant medicine.

We have already seen the effects and functions of Rubia cordifolia, which can help people treat many diseases. However, even if we understand this, we cannot use this Chinese herbal medicine at will. Otherwise, it will cause great harm to people's health. I hope we can understand this.