What are the effects and functions of agarwood?

Agarwood is actually a leguminous plant and is often used as medicine nowadays because it can regulate qi and relieve pain, remove blood stasis and stop bleeding. It can also play a good role in helping to reduce swelling and relieve pain, treat bruises and other problems. It can also effectively prevent and treat coronary heart disease. So if everyone can use agarwood scientifically, it can bring good results to these adverse problems in the body.

It is the dried roots and heartwood of the small tree Palmetto of the Leguminosae family. wild.

Origin: Mainly produced in Hainan Island, Guangxi. In addition, it is also distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian and other places.

Identification of properties: The products have been peeled and cut into 15~30 cm pieces. The surface is purple-brown or dark reddish-purple, with knife marks and fine vertical lines, and is mostly smooth. Hard texture and heavy weight. It has a slight aroma, which becomes stronger when lit, leaving white ash after burning and a slightly bitter taste. The best ones are purple, hard and have a strong aroma.

Clinical Application:

1. Used for traumatic injuries. It can be used for any pain caused by blood stasis, or internal or external bleeding (not too serious). It is often combined with frankincense, myrrh, Panax notoginseng, natural copper, etc. to make pills or powders (ground into very fine powder) for oral or external application, which can stop bleeding, promote tissue regeneration and relieve pain.

2. It is used to regulate qi, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Its function is roughly the same as sandalwood. Therefore, the seeds can be used instead of sandalwood to treat true heart pain (angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease). It is often used together with blood-activating drugs, such as the Coronary Heart Disease Formula No. 2. It has been observed that this prescription is effective in treating coronary heart disease and can alleviate symptoms.

In addition, agarwood combined with bitter orange peel and tangerine peel can invigorate the stomach and spleen, reduce qi and resolve phlegm.

Precautions for use: Those with strong pulse and constipation, yin deficiency and excessive fire, and blood heat should not take this medicine.

Dosage: Grind into powder and take with water 2.4~3g; make decoction with 3~6g. The above detailed analysis introduces that

Prescription example: Coronary Heart Disease Prescription No. 2 (Beijing Area Collaborative Group for Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease): 15g of Dalbergia odorifera, 30g of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 15g of Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, 15g of Rhizoma Chuanxiong, and 15g of Carthamus tinctorius, as a granulated powder, one dose per day, divided into three times for oral administration. One course of treatment is four weeks, and can be used continuously for three courses.

The above detailed analysis introduces the efficacy and functions of Jiangxiang, as well as its current clinical application. Using Jiangxiang can effectively treat bruises and injuries, and can also stop bleeding and regenerate tissue. Using agarwood, fructus aurantii and tangerine peel as medicine can also effectively invigorate the stomach and invigorate the spleen, so its medicinal efficacy and value are very high.