What diseases does Bletilla striata treat?

The role of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diseases is very important because it has no side effects and is easy to use. Bletilla striata is a traditional Chinese medicinal material and a good medicine discovered by ancient doctors. Chinese medicine usually has its own prescriptions, so each medicinal ingredient plays a different role in each prescription. The same is true for Bletilla striata, so you must understand its function before you can use it. What diseases does Bletilla striata treat?

The role of Bletilla striata

1. Treat lung diseases

The lung-tonifying effect of Bletilla striata can be first seen in the record of Yijianzhi by Hong Mai, a writer of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is recorded that at that time there was a prisoner in Taizhou who had a lung injury and often coughed up blood. The jailer ground white hyacinth into powder and fed the prisoner with rice soup, and he recovered within a few weeks. This recipe of Bletilla striata for nourishing the lungs and stopping bleeding was later included in the Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen.

2. Treat chapped hands and feet

The main medicinal material of Bletilla striata is the tuber, and the best ones are those with thick rhizomes, large and solid stems, and no hairy roots. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Bletilla striata tastes bitter, sweet and astringent, is slightly cold in nature, and enters the lung meridian. It has the function of stopping bleeding and reducing swelling, and can treat bleeding sores, carbuncle swelling, ulcers, and chapped hands and feet. "Weinan Materia Medica" says that it "treats pain and damage to lung qi, replenishes lung deficiency, stops cough, eliminates lung rash and hemoptysis, and astringes lung qi."

3. Coagulation and hemostasis

Fresh Bletilla striata tubers contain 14.6% water, 30.48% starch, 1.5% glucose, as well as volatile oil, mucus, Bletilla striata mannan, etc. The hemostatic effect of Bletilla striata is related to the colloidal components it contains, which can significantly shorten the coagulation time and accelerate the sedimentation rate of red blood cells, causing red blood cells to agglutinate and form artificial thrombus, thereby repairing vascular defects and achieving the hemostatic effect.

4. Treat ulcers

Bletilla striata has anti-ulcer effects and can treat gastric and duodenal ulcers. Because Bletilla striata is highly abrasive, it can form a gelatinous film in the stomach, thereby promoting the healing of ulcers. Moreover, the beneficial ingredients in Bletilla striata have an antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus and Streptococcus, and can form a protective film locally to control and prevent stomach infections.

The therapeutic effect of Bletilla striata on diseases

1. The therapeutic effect of Bletilla striata on hemorrhoids: Grind Bletilla striata and Angelica dahurica into fine powder in equal parts, and mix them into a thin paste with boiling water in a ratio of 1:6. Use this medicine as a massage cream for facial skin and acupoints instead of massage. After the massage, apply a thin layer of medicine, cover the eyebrows, eyes, and mouth with gauze, stir 300-400 grams of gypsum powder with warm water into a paste, evenly cover the face, and remove it after 20 minutes. Apply twice a day, 5 times as a course of treatment, with a total effective rate of 98%.

2. The therapeutic effect of Bletilla striata on anal fissure: Mix half Bletilla striata powder and half medical talcum powder, put them into a bottle and sterilize them under high pressure before use. Wash the anus after defecation, apply Bletilla striata talcum powder to the anal fissure with cotton wool or gauze, and then gently massage the Changqiang acupoint several times with your hands until you feel a warm feeling around the anus.

3. The therapeutic effect of Bletilla striata on nosebleed: grind Bletilla striata into powder and pass through a 100-mesh sieve for later use. While patients with epistaxis are taking systemic medications, they can spread white hyacinth powder on the surface of vaseline gauze or gauze ball and use it to pack the bleeding side of the nasal cavity. Use 4-5 grams of white hyacinth powder each time and keep the packing for 72 hours. The cure rate is over 90%. A small number of patients need two packings to be cured.

Editor's summary: This is the end of the introduction about the role of Bletilla striata and its therapeutic effect on diseases. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.