What are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Xiebai?

Many people may not be particularly familiar with Xiebai. In fact, Xiebai is simply the small root garlic of the lily plant. In fact, Xiebai has medicinal value, but it can also be used as food. People with high blood lipids can eat more Xiebai. Xiebai has the effect of lowering blood lipids, and it is very effective in treating hyperlipidemia and high cholesterol. Xiebai also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

The efficacy and function of Xiebai

Warming the middle, replenishing Yang, regulating Qi, and dispersing stagnation.

1. To promote yang and disperse the knot (chest pain and heartache). It is used to treat chest pain caused by cold phlegm obstruction and weak chest yang. It is often used in combination with Guarana and Pinellia, such as Zhishi Xiebai Guizhi Decoction, Guarana Xiebai Banxia Decoction, Guarana Xiebai Baijiu Decoction, etc. It is also used to treat chest pain caused by phlegm and blood stasis. It can be used together with Salvia miltiorrhiza and Chuanxiong. It is an important medicine for treating chest pain. Xiebai, with its pungent taste, can disperse the stagnation, and dispersing it can make the cold and dampness retained in the upper part of the body (lungs, liver, etc.) disappear; its bitter taste can descend, and the cold and dampness retained in the lower part of the body (bladder, kidneys, large intestine, etc.) can therefore promote yang and disperse the stagnation.

2. Promote Qi and relieve stagnation (abdominal distension and pain, heaviness after diarrhea). It is used to treat abdominal distension and pain caused by stomach cold and qi stagnation. It can be used together with Alpinia officinalis and Amomum villosum. It is used to treat diarrhea, tenesmus caused by gastrointestinal qi stagnation. It is often used together with costus root, immature bitter orange, etc.

3. Regulating Qi and relieving chest tightness: used for chest pain, heart pain extending to the back, chest and abdominal distension, cough, asthma and excessive sputum, etc. Lung disease is caused by the reverse flow of qi and blood, and the failure of turbid qi to descend, so the chest and diaphragm are blocked. Intestinal disease causes sinking, and the failure of clear qi to rise, so the anus feels heavy and there is diarrhea.

4. Dispersing and relieving exterior symptoms: Xiebai can eliminate cold and heat, remove moisture, and is suitable for various sores and boils. Mashing Xiebai and applying it externally can disperse and relieve exterior symptoms. It is used for skin diseases such as rubella and chickenpox.

5. Tonify deficiency and detoxify: According to the medical classic "Compendium of Materia Medica", Xiebai can "tonic deficiency, detoxify", warm and supplement the yang channel, and is used for symptoms such as athlete's foot, dystocia, abnormal leucorrhea, etc.

Xiebai Indications

It is used for chest pain caused by cold phlegm blockage and weak chest yang, chest and abdominal distension, cough and wheezing due to phlegm and fluid, gastrointestinal qi stagnation, and heaviness after diarrhea. It is now mostly used for angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease, coronary atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, dry pleurisy, intercostal neuralgia, biliary ascariasis, etc.

Study on the components and modern pharmacology of Xiebai

It mainly contains steroidal saponins, such as oxalifolia glycosides A ~ K; it also contains prostaglandins, bioalkalis and nitrogen-containing compounds. It has anti-atherosclerosis, anti-platelet aggregation, and antioxidant effects.

Modern research shows that the decoction of Yongbai has an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae and Staphylococcus aureus; the results of the isolated rabbit heart perfusion experiment show that Xiebai can reduce coronary artery flow. Xiebai extract has a certain preventive effect on experimental atherosclerosis (AS).

1. Xiebai has anti-atherosclerosis effect in animal experiments.

2. Xiebai has the effect of anti-platelet aggregation.

3. In vitro experiments have shown that the decoction of Allium macrostemon has an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae and Staphylococcus aureus.