What are the effects and functions of Helicoverpa

In our lives, many Chinese medicinal herbs can help us maintain good health, but if you don’t know much about this, don’t eat them blindly! Take the licegra for example, many friends have never even heard of it. In fact, this is a slightly toxic Chinese medicinal herb, mainly used to repel insects. Now let's take a look at what are the effects and functions of cranesbill grass?

effect

Kill insects and eliminate accumulation.

Traditional applications

He Shi tastes bitter and pungent, is slightly toxic, and mainly has the function of killing insects and eliminating accumulation, so it is often used for abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation. It has the effect of expelling and killing many parasites, and can be used specifically for:

1. Ascariasis: One of the most important functions of the herb is to expel and kill ascarids. It has a definite therapeutic effect and is often used for abdominal pain caused by intestinal ascariasis and biliary ascariasis. This product can be ground into powder and taken as pills, such as the Heshi Pills in Ancient and Modern Prescriptions. It can also be used in combination with betel nut, toosendan fruit, alum, etc., such as Anchong Powder in "Xiaoer Yaozheng Zhijue". If the ascaris is moving up and down and the abdominal pain is severe, this product can be used together with neem bark, betel nut, etc., such as the Huachong Pills in Taiping Huimin Hejijufang.

2. Pinworm disease: It is reported that the goose louse has a certain effect in killing pinworms. "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in the North" says: Use 6g each of Herba Stemonae and Radix Stemonae, 12g of Meliae Bark, grind them into fine powder, put them into capsules, and insert one capsule into the anus every night before going to bed. It is effective in treating pinworm disease.

3. Hookworm disease: Goose lice have a certain effect on hookworm disease. "Bencao Pianbi" uses 90g of goose lice, decocts it in water twice and concentrates it to 60ml, take 30ml every night before going to bed, and take it for two nights in a row. The dosage should be reduced for children and the elderly and infirm.

4. Red worm disease: The crane lice have the effect of inhibiting and killing red worms. They can be used together with betel nut, pumpkin seeds, and thunder balls to treat red worm disease.

Chemical composition

The volatile oil of crane lice is about 0.25%~0.65%, and the oil contains sesquiterpene lactones, galenol, galenin, galenone and hexanoic acid. It also contains valeric acid, oleic acid, hexadecane, stigmasterol, etc.

Pharmacological Action

Add 5 drops of 1% lice tincture to 25 ml of normal saline to kill red lice in vitro. The liquid extract of He Chi can drive and kill roundworms. Tianmingjing lactone can make mice excited first and then turn into inhibition, putting them in an anesthetic state, counteracting the convulsions caused by strychnine and strychnine, and having a synergistic effect with barbiturates. Tianmingsenoside lactone also has the effect of reducing temperature and blood pressure on rabbits.

New clinical use

1. Treatment of intestinal trichomoniasis: 85 cases of intestinal trichomoniasis were treated with Hebin Decoction (Heshi, Areca nut, Wumei, Guanzhong, Leiwan, etc.), of which 33 were simply infected with Trichomonas and 52 were mixedly infected with Ascaris. All were cured (Compilation of Chinese Medicine Abstracts. Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine).

2. Treatment of vaginal itching in women: 12g each of He Shi, Sophora flavescens, and Realgar, 12g of Cnidium monnieri, and 15g of Stemona japonica. Take one dose per day. Mix the first and second decoctions and wash externally twice. 30 cases of vaginal itching caused by senile vaginitis, Trichomonas vaginitis, fungal vaginitis, and diabetic vaginitis were treated, 27 of which were cured and 2 were effective.