Formula of Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, Platycodon, Licorice

Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, and Platycodon are three different substances. In fact, these three things are all one of the Chinese herbal medicines. They have certain benefits to the human body, and these three things can be eaten together. However, it has a certain formula. But many people don’t know its specific formula, which leads to the wrong way of eating. So what is the formula of Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, and Platycodon?

Scrophularia is used to treat fever and blood stasis, fever, thirst, red tongue, rash, bone steaming and fatigue cough, restlessness and insomnia, fluid damage and constipation, blurred vision, sore throat, scrofula, phlegm nodules, carbuncle and ulcer. Ophiopogon japonicus is a perennial evergreen herb with a relatively thick root, which often swells into an oval or spindle-shaped small root in the middle or near the end. The stem is very short, the leaf base is clustered, grass-like, the bracts are lanceolate, the tip is gradually pointed, and the seeds are spherical. It has the effects of promoting fluid and relieving thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

Effect on blood pressure: When the fluid extract was injected intravenously into anesthetized rabbits, a small amount could slightly increase the blood pressure first and then decrease it; a large amount could only decrease the blood pressure. The water extract, ethanol-water extract, ethanol extract and decoction had a significant antihypertensive effect on anesthetized dogs, cats and rabbits. The antibacterial effect was shown in the test tube. Scrophularia had an inhibitory effect on tinea mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum and Microspore tinea woolly. The water extract of Scrophularia also had an inhibitory effect on Microspore tinea audouin in the test tube. Experiments have shown that the antibacterial effect of Scrophularia leaves is stronger than that of roots, especially against Staphylococcus aureus. It can be used in combination with liquorice, Ophiopogon japonicus and Platycodon grandiflorum to treat symptoms of febrile diseases such as heat entering the blood, thirst, red tongue, irritability, restless sleep, unclear consciousness or body rashes.