Effects and clinical applications of Radix Glehniae

Traditional Chinese medicine has great advantages in treating diseases. The small side effects alone are enough to be welcomed by patients. Many people hope to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies while taking Western medicine to treat their diseases. Some even hope that their diseases can be cured simply by using Chinese medicine. Artificial rhubarb is a common Chinese medicinal material. It is used to treat diseases such as stroke, cough and asthma, and has a good effect.

Since Chinese medicine has a very good effect in treating many diseases, and its conditioning effect on the body is also very obvious, and what is more valuable is its side effects, so even though Chinese medicine has a slow medicinal property, there are still many people who are keen on using Chinese medicine to treat diseases. Artificial rhubarb is one of the commonly used medicines.

Other name : bamboo yellow.

Source : The perennial evergreen plant of the Poaceae family, Bambusa vulgaris or Bambusa huasilao, is attacked by diseases and insects, and the sap that flows out is retained in the stems for a long time and solidifies into dry objects in the form of pieces.

Origin : Mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places in the south of the Yangtze River. Guojiu is produced in Vietnam, India, Indonesia and other places.

Identification of properties : Irregular small pieces, milky white, grayish white or grayish blue. The milky white one has a smooth and shiny cross-section. The gray-blue one is slightly rough and dull. It is slightly light, brittle and easy to break, has strong water absorption, but is insoluble in water. It can produce bubbles when put into water. There is a sticky feeling when the tongue is placed. No odor, light taste, slightly cooling feeling.

The best ones are in the form of flakes, with little debris, milky white, shiny and dry.

Main ingredients: silicate, potassium, calcium, etc.

The effects and functions of Rhizoma Cibotii: clearing away heat, calming the nerves and removing phlegm.

Preparation: Use raw.

Nature and flavor: sweet, cold.

Meridians: Enters the heart, liver, and lung meridians.

Function: Clears away heat and eliminates phlegm, dispels wind-heat, and calms epilepsy.

Indications: aphasia due to stroke, delirium due to fever, convulsions in children, irritability, cough and asthma caused by phlegm heat, etc.

Clinical Application :

1. It is mostly used for children with febrile convulsions, epilepsy (even opisthotonos), unconsciousness, cough, shortness of breath and thick sputum. Tianzhuhuang is used to clear heat and resolve phlegm, calm and stop epilepsy. It is often combined with Fritillaria, Arisaema, Pollen, Bombyx Batryticatus, Uncaria, Acorus calamus, etc. to enhance the effects of clearing heat and phlegm, calming spasms and opening the orifices. Heat-clearing drugs are used according to the symptoms, such as Tianzhuhuang Decoction.

2. For adults suffering from fever and coma, Zhuhuang can also be used to help clear away heat.

3. It is used for stroke and phlegm syncope (cerebrovascular accident), which is manifested by sudden fainting, unconsciousness, clenched fists, snoring, difficulty breathing, and difficulty expectorating. Use Gardenia jasminoides to eliminate phlegm, and add calamus, salvia miltiorrhiza, Panax notoginseng, etc. The formula is the same as the formula for eliminating phlegm and treating wind.

Dosage: 4.5~9g.

Prescription example : Zhuhuang Decoction: Tianzhuhuang 6g, Bombyx Batryticatus 3g, Acorus calamus 2.4g, Amomum villosum 4.5g, Arisaema cinerea 2.4g, Radix Trichosanthis 9g, Fritillaria 4.5g, Uncaria rhynchophylla 9g, Anemarrhena asphodeloides 6g, decocted in water and taken orally.

Prescription for eliminating phlegm and treating wind: Rhizoma Cibotii 9g, processed Arisaema 6g, Acorus calamus 4.5g, Amomum villosum 9g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 12g, Panax notoginseng powder 3g (for drinking with water), Millettia reticulata 15g, dried tangerine peel 6g, Poria 12g, and roasted Licorice root 3g. Decoction in water.

Note: In the past, bamboo forests were often burned to harvest bamboo yellow, causing the bamboo to be damaged by the intense heat and produce bamboo sap, which overflowed into the nodes and solidified, but this was a huge waste. This approach is no longer used. People in the production area have found that bamboo yellow is often produced in the bamboo joints that have been bitten by bamboo bees. The artificial drilling method was used to promote the growth of bamboo yellow and achieved success.

Ingredients: Mainly contains 1.1% potassium hydroxide, 90.5% silica, 0.9% aluminum oxide, ferric oxide and other substances. Artificial synthesis is now being carried out in Shanghai.

The above experts introduced us to the knowledge about artificial Gardenia. We know that this is a medicinal material that can be used to treat a variety of diseases. Since Chinese medicine emphasizes the right medicine for the right disease, I hope everyone can go to a regular hospital and ask a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe the right medicine during treatment, so as to achieve good therapeutic effects.