The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine Senecio

Do you know the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Eupatorium? Eupatorium is actually a very famous Chinese medicinal material. When used, it can help people clear away heat and detoxify, improve eyesight and relieve itching. It is generally used in the treatment of wind-heat colds, red and swollen eyes, dysentery and other diseases, and the effect is very good.

We should know the effects and functions of Senecio radiata in normal times. The Chinese medicine Senecio radiata belongs to a plant of the genus Senecio radiata. It is very common in the southeast and southwest of my country. It is an important medicinal material. It is a perennial climbing herb, 2 to 5 meters long. The rhizome is cylindrical, earthy yellow, with many thick roots and a small number of fibrous roots at the bottom. Flowers are yellow in autumn. The peripheral flowers are ligulate, and the central flowers are tubular. Harvest the whole herb in summer and autumn, wash it, and use it fresh or dry it for later use. Growing on riverbanks, forest edges, ditches and roadsides.

Senecio radix is ​​bitter and cold in nature, and has a strong effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. It is used for carbuncles and ulcers caused by accumulation of heat and toxicity. The fresh product can be used alone, decocted in water for oral administration and external washing, and then mashed and applied externally to the affected area, or used together with honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, etc.; if combined with Bletilla striata, decocted in water to form a thick juice and applied externally, it is often used to treat burns caused by water or fire. This method can also be used for bedsores and lower limb ulcers. Senecio has a bitter and cold taste and enters the liver, and is very good at clearing the liver and improving eyesight. "Jiangxi Folk Herbs" uses this product alone as a decoction to fumigate and wash the eyes to treat red, swollen and painful eyes caused by wind-heat or liver-fire, or it can be used in combination with Prunella Vulgaris, Cassia Seed, and Coix Seed.

Senecio is bitter and cold in nature, and enters the large intestine meridian, so it has the function of clearing away dampness and heat in the large intestine. It is used for damp-heat in the large intestine, abdominal pain and diarrhea, or dysentery with pus and blood, tenesmus, and can be made into tablets for oral administration. In addition, Senecio can clear away heat and dampness, kill insects and relieve itching. It is used to treat tinea capitis, scrotal itching, and tinea pedis caused by damp heat and insect poisons. The juice can be decocted into a paste and applied to the affected area.

When treating diseases clinically, we must understand the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Senecio radiata. Due to irregular use, some patients may experience nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, increased bowel movements and other allergic symptoms. I hope we can use this traditional Chinese medicine scientifically.