What are the effects and functions of Qinjiao?

The main function of Qinjiao is to remove moisture from the body, regulate the balance of qi and blood, strengthen the muscles and bones, and have sufficient medicinal effects on facilitating defecation, urination, clearing away heat and detoxification. Its main effect is to treat rheumatic pain throughout the body, effectively relieve the patient's long-term rheumatic invasion, and it also has the effect of reducing fever for colds and fevers.

The efficacy and function of Gentiana macrophylla

Dispel wind and dampness, regulate blood and relax muscles, clear away heat and promote diuresis. It is used to treat rheumatic pain, muscle and bone cramps, jaundice, blood in the stool, bone steaming and hot flashes, infantile malnutrition and difficulty urinating.

1. Anti-rheumatic: used for systemic rheumatic pain, often combined with Qianghuo and Saposhnikovia divaricata.

2. Relieve deficiency fever: Used for fever caused by yin deficiency, often combined with turtle shell and Rehmannia root bark.

How to choose Gentiana macrophylla

Qinjiao: It is cylindrical, thick on the top and thin on the bottom, twisted and not straight, 10 to 30 cm long and 1 to 3 cm in diameter. The surface is yellow-brown or gray-yellow, with longitudinal or twisted longitudinal wrinkles, and remnants of the stem base and fibrous leaf sheaths at the top. It is hard and brittle, easy to break, with a slightly oily cross section. The bark is yellow or brownish yellow, and the wood is yellow. It has a peculiar smell and tastes bitter and slightly astringent.