What is the real effect of Qingniu Dan?

Many people only know that Qingniu Gallbladder is mainly used to regulate the body's heat toxins and help the body detoxify. In fact, everyone does not know that its real effect is to treat acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, gastrointestinal or pharyngeal tracheal diseases, and intestinal ulcers. It has many magical effects, but people can't imagine that Qingniu Gallbladder is used for treatment in many cases.

【Chinese medicine name】Qingniudan

[Alias] Ground bitter gall, nine-ox gall, golden bull gall.

【English Name】Limacia Sagittata.

[Source] The tuberous root of Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.) Gagnep., a plant of the Menispermaceae family.

【Plant morphology】Evergreen twining vine. The tuber is oval or nearly round, with a yellowish-brown or yellow surface. Stem with longitudinal grooves. Leaves are alternate, sagittate-lanceolate, 7-17 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, with long acuminate or acuminate apex, sagittate or halberd-sagittate base, covered with short stiff hairs on both sides, and 5 main veins. Dioecious, racemose inflorescence; 6 sepals, 2 whorls; 6 petals, shorter than calyx, male flowers have 6 stamens; female flowers have smaller petals, spoon-shaped, reduced stamens are rod-shaped, and there are 3 to 4 carpels. The drupe is nearly spherical, red, with a hard endocarp and inconspicuous wart-like protrusions on the back line. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Origin Distribution] Grown in rock crevices under shrubs. Distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[Harvesting and processing] Dig up the roots in autumn, remove the fibrous roots and stems, wash and dry them.

[Properties of the medicinal material] It is oblong, gyro-shaped or irregularly round, with blunt or slightly pointed ends, and varies greatly in size, ranging from 3 to 15 cm in length and 1.5 to 9 cm in diameter. The surface is yellow-brown, green-yellow or gray-brown, with fine wrinkles or deep and dense vertical and horizontal wrinkles. The texture is solid and not easy to break. The cross section is yellowish white and powdery. The cortex is very narrow, the cambium ring is vaguely visible, and a few vascular bundles can be seen on the outer edge of the wood in a radial pattern. It has a faint smell and tastes extremely bitter.

[Nature and flavor and meridians] Cold in nature, bitter in taste. No meridian.

【Effects and Functions】Clears away heat, detoxifies, relieves sore throat and relieves pain. It is a heat-clearing and detoxifying drug under the category of heat-clearing drugs.

【IClinical Application】The dosage is 3~9 grams, decocted in water and taken orally. It is used to treat acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, gastric and duodenal ulcers, stomach pain, carbuncles, furunculosis, scrofula, snake bites, etc. For external use, grind into powder, rub with vinegar and apply to the affected area.

[Main ingredients] Contains oleuropein A, oleuropein B, oleuropein C, oleuropein D, epioleuropein, palmatine, jatropha and other trace biological alkaloids. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that it has significant hypoglycemic and anti-tumor effects. The decoction has an inhibitory effect on mouse sarcoma 180.

[Contraindications] Not yet clear.