The efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine Uncaria rhynchophylla

The Chinese medicinal herb Uncaria rhynchophylla is also called Eagle Claw Wind because its appearance resembles an eagle's claw, which looks like a hook. Some people also say that it looks a bit like a curved branch. This Chinese medicine is generally used to treat dizziness and has achieved good results in the treatment of vertigo. In addition, it can also protect the heart and lungs. So what are the specific effects and functions of the Chinese medicinal herb Uncaria rhynchophylla?

Calming wind and relieving pain: This medicine has a sweet and slightly cold taste and enters the heart and liver meridians. It is good at clearing the fire in the pericardium, relieving the heat in the liver meridian, calming wind, calming convulsions and stopping convulsions. As it is said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Uncaria rhynchophylla is a medicine for the hand and foot Jueyin meridians. The foot Jueyin meridian governs wind, and the hand Jueyin meridian governs fire. Epilepsy, dizziness, and convulsions are all diseases of liver wind and liver fire. Uncaria rhynchophylla opens the pericardium and regulates liver wood. When the wind is calmed and the fire is extinguished, all symptoms will disappear." Therefore, it is often used to treat various convulsions and pains such as Jueyin convulsions, sudden fright in children, night crying in children, eclampsia in women, and infantile convulsions.

Clearing heat and calming the liver: Uncaria rhynchophylla is sweet and slightly cold, enters the liver meridian, and can both clear liver heat and calm liver yang. "The Ode to Medicinal Properties" says: "Uncaria rhynchophylla is sweet and cold, and is good at relieving spasms, clearing away heat and calming liver wind." "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat dizziness and vertigo, calm liver wind and eliminate heart heat." Therefore, it is often used clinically to treat symptoms such as dizziness, headache, wind-heat headache, hypertension, and poor rash caused by heat in the liver meridian.

Rash: Uncaria rash is sweet and slightly cold, light in texture and thin in taste. It is light in nature and can cause rash to break out, and cold can relieve fever. Therefore, it has the effect of clearing away rashes. It can be used for measles, chickenpox, rubella, and other diseases where the rash is not coming out smoothly.

Taboos of drinking Uncaria rhynchophylla in water

First: People who are not suitable for taking Uncaria rhynchophylla

Uncaria rhynchophylla has a very good effect of clearing heat. If there is no heat in the body, it is not suitable to take this medicinal material. In addition, Uncaria rhynchophylla has the effect of stealing qi, so patients with weak constitution are not suitable for contact with Uncaria rhynchophylla. In short, patients with no fire in their lives or those with weak bodies should not take Uncaria rhynchophylla to avoid health problems.

Second: Usage and dosage of Uncaria rhynchophylla

Generally speaking, we use Uncaria rhynchophylla to make a decoction for consumption, but the decoction time cannot be too long to avoid loss of medicinal efficacy. The dosage should be controlled between 1.5 cents and 3 cents, and do not take it in large quantities. In addition, Uncaria rhynchophylla can also be made into medicinal powder for use, which will be easier to operate and the effect will be very good.

The efficacy of drinking Uncaria rhynchophylla in water

First: extinguish wind and relieve pain

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the Chinese medicinal material Uncaria rhynchophylla has the effect of maintaining health and clearing pericardium fire, so it is very good for relieving heat from the liver meridian and extinguishing wind and calming the nerves. Therefore, if you have problems such as Jueyin convulsions, sudden fright in children, night crying, convulsions, and eclampsia in women in your life, these convulsion diseases can be treated with Uncaria rhynchophylla.

Second: Clearing away heat and calming the liver

If we can use Uncaria rhynchophylla scientifically in our daily life, it can calm liver yang and clear liver heat, and it has a very good effect on liver health care. Therefore, in clinical science, Uncaria rhynchophylla is mainly used to treat diseases caused by heat in the liver meridian, such as headache, wind-heat headache, high blood pressure, dizziness, and poor rash.

Third: rash

Uncaria rhynchophylla is slightly cold in nature, has a relatively light texture and a relatively thin taste. Its lightness can play a role in clearing the skin, while its coldness can relieve fever, so this Chinese herbal medicine has the effect of clearing away rash after use. If you have diseases such as measles, chickenpox, rubella, etc. in your life, and the rash has not come out smoothly, you can use Uncaria rhynchophylla to soak in water and drink it to quickly recover your health.

Fourth: Treatment of heat syndrome convulsions

What are the effects of drinking water soaked with Uncaria rhynchophylla? The old experts told us that this Chinese medicinal material has the effect of treating convulsions caused by heat syndrome. Uncaria rhynchophylla can be used to treat some problems such as high fever convulsions. In daily life, Uncaria rhynchophylla can be used to prevent pediatric convulsions and high fever convulsions, and it also has a certain inhibitory effect on milder convulsions. However, if the convulsion symptoms are more severe, the effect of Uncaria rhynchophylla will be weakened, and the patient should be sought emergency medical treatment. In addition, if you want to enhance the efficacy of Uncaria rhynchophylla in treating convulsions caused by heat syndrome, you should use it together with rhinoceros horn, Gastrodia elata, antelope horn, etc., so that the effects of clearing heat and relieving spasms will be better.