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Cornus officinalis, also known as Cornus officinalis and Cornus officinalis, is a commonly used medicine with tonic and astringent functions. It has a strong pungent aroma and can be used as medicine. According to the folk custom of the Han nationality, wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar can ward off evil. In addition, Cornus officinalis is a medicine that balances yin and yang, and is very helpful for low back and knee pain, impotence and spermatorrhea.

Efficacy and function

According to traditional Chinese medicine, Cornus officinalis tastes sour and astringent, is slightly warm in nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, astringing semen and preventing loss of essence, stopping leukorrhea and metrorrhagia, astringing and stopping sweating, and promoting body fluid and quenching thirst.

It is mainly used to treat vertigo, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea, enuresis and frequent urination, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, profuse sweating and collapse, internal heat and thirst, physical weakness in women, and excessive menstruation.

How to use Dogwood

Used for liver and kidney deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, and low back pain. It is used in combination with Rehmannia glutinosa, Lycium barbarum, Cuscuta australis, Eucommia ulmoides, etc.

1. Spontaneous sweating and night sweats: 9g each of Cornus officinalis, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Astragalus membranaceus, decocted in water and taken orally.

2. Excessive sweating: 15g each of Cornus officinalis and Atractylodes macrocephala, 30g each of Dragon Bone and Oyster, decocted in water and taken orally.

3. Enuresis: 9 grams each of Cornus officinalis, Rubus idaeus, Poria cocos, 3 grams of Aconitum carmichaelii, 12 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, decocted in water and taken orally.

4. Frequent urinary incontinence in the elderly: 9g ​​Cornus officinalis, 6g Schisandra chinensis, 6g Alpinia oxyphylla, decocted in water and taken orally.

How to eat dogwood

Cornus officinalis rice porridge

Ingredients: 15g cornus fruit, 100g white rice, a little white sugar;

Preparation method: First wash and remove the core of the Cornus officinalis, then cook it with white rice into porridge. When it is cooked, add a little white sugar and it is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Specially used to treat dizziness, tinnitus and back pain in middle-aged people.

Cornus officinalis and coix seed porridge

Ingredients: 10g cornus fruit, appropriate amount of yam and coix seed;

Method: Cook the three ingredients into porridge together, take it 1 to 2 times a day for 2 weeks.

Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of nourishing the kidney, strengthening the spleen and drying dampness. Suitable for symptoms of increased vaginal discharge after suffering from senile vaginitis.

Walnut Essence-Securing Soup

Ingredients: 8 liang of Cornus officinalis, 3 liang of Schisandra chinensis, 1 jin of walnuts, and half a jin of rock sugar.

practice:

(1) Wash and drain the cornus fruit, wash the schisandra chinensis, pour them into a clay pot, and soak them in cold water for half an hour;

(2) Then, simmer over low heat until it becomes a thick juice. After simmering for half an hour, when half a bowl of juice remains, filter out the juice and add one and a half bowls of water. Simmer for the second time. When about half a bowl of juice remains, filter out the residue.

(3) Shell the walnuts and pour the walnut meat into a large plate. Add the schisandra chinensis juice and soak for half an hour. Then pour the cornus fruit into the plate and mix well. Add rock sugar on top and cover the plate.

(4) Steam the disk over high heat for 3 hours before serving. Take 1 spoon 3 times a day.

Efficacy: Treats neurasthenia, nocturnal emission and frequent urination in the elderly. It is especially suitable for people suffering from high blood pressure.