The efficacy and function of Gouding

Medicinal herbs such as Gouting need to be dried before use. People who have seen dried medicinal herbs should have this feeling. When picking, we can also identify which type of plant it is by its shape, but once those medicinal herbs are dried, many plants will become roots and strips, and they look not much different. This is the case with Gouting. After drying, the gouding looks very similar to small branches, making it difficult for ordinary people to identify them. Do you know what functions and effects of Gouding have?

1. It can calm wind and stop spasms. It is used for internal movement of liver wind, epilepsy and convulsions. Uncaria rhynchophylla is sweet and slightly cold, enters the liver, and has a mild effect of calming wind and stopping spasms. It is a commonly used medicine for treating internal liver wind, epilepsy and convulsions, and is also often used in children. For example, it is used to treat convulsions, high fever, coma, clenched jaw, convulsions of hands and feet in children, and is often used together with Gastrodia elata, Quanxie, etc., namely, Uncaria rhynchophylla decoction. It is used to treat extreme heat and wind-generating effects of febrile diseases, spasms and convulsions, and is often used in combination with antelope horn, white peony, chrysanthemum, etc., such as Antelope Horn and Uncaria Rhynchophylla Decoction. It is used to treat epilepsy, crying, convulsions and convulsions. It can be used together with Rhizoma Dictamni, Periostracum Cicadae, Rhizoma Coptidis, etc., such as Uncaria Rhizoma Yinzi.

2. Clears heat and soothes the liver, used for headache and dizziness. This product can both clear liver heat and calm liver yang, so it can be used to treat headaches and dizziness caused by liver fire or hyperactivity of liver yang. For those with liver fire, it is often used in combination with Prunella Vulgaris, Gardenia, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.; for those with liver yang, it is often used in combination with Gastrodia elata, Semen Cassiae, Chrysanthemum, etc.

3. This product can be used together with cicada shells and mint to treat night crying in children and has the effect of cooling the liver and stopping convulsions.

The role of Uncaria rhynchophylla

Uncaria rhynchophylla contains uncarine and isorcarine, which have antihypertensive and antiarrhythmic effects. The decoction has a significant sedative effect but no hypnotic effect, and can reduce the excitability of the cerebral cortex. It can inhibit the isolated intestine and excite the isolated uterus of rats.

1. This product mainly contains biological alkaloids such as uncariapine, isorcariapine, conosine, etc. It also contains danbinine, flavonoids and tannins. Various preparations and total alkaloids of Uncaria rhynchophylla have antihypertensive effects; its decoction has obvious sedative effects, reduces the excitability of the cerebral cortex, and stops epileptic seizures; the total alkaloids of Uncaria rhynchophylla can inhibit asthma caused by histamine. In addition, Uncaria rhynchophylla produced in Taiwan has a dissolving effect on bladder stones.

2. In recent years, oral administration of Uncaria rhynchophylla decoction and Uncaria rhynchophylla total alkaloid tablets have been used to treat hypertension, and good results have been achieved, especially for the type of Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity.

Application of Chinese medicine Uncaria rhynchophylla

1. Used for spasms and convulsions caused by liver heat and wind. This product is similar to antelope horn in that it has the effects of clearing away heat, calming wind and stopping spasms, but its effects are slightly inferior and it does not have the function of clearing away heat and toxins. Therefore, it is used to treat spasms and convulsions caused by excessive heat and wind in febrile diseases. It is often used in combination with antelope horn and other products that can calm wind and stop spasms, such as the Antelope Uncaria Decoction in Popular Treatise on Febrile Diseases. If used to treat acute convulsions and high fever convulsions in children, it is often used together with cicada shells, bezoars, and arisaema, which can clear the liver, calm wind and stop convulsions. It is used to treat epilepsy caused by phlegm-heat, convulsions of the hands and feet, and drooling at the mouth. It can be used in combination with other drugs that clear away heat and resolve phlegm, open the orifices, and calm the wind and stop convulsions, such as Acorus calamus, Rhizoma Cibotii, and Bombyx Batryticatus.

2. Used for liver yang hyperactivity syndrome. This product has a certain effect of calming liver yang and clearing liver heat. It is also suitable for those with hyperactivity of liver yang and heat in the liver meridian. If you suffer from dizziness, vertigo, irritability, etc., this medicine is often used together with other heat-clearing and liver-calming products, such as Tianma Gou Teng Drink in "New Interpretation of Syndromes and Treatments of Miscellaneous Diseases", which combines this product with Semen Cassiae, Gastrodia elata, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.; it can also be used for headache and dizziness caused by liver-kidney yin deficiency and hyperactivity of liver yang, but it should be used together with yin-tonifying medicines.