What are the effects and functions of Adenophora

More and more people pay attention to using traditional Chinese medicine to maintain their health because of its good effects and few side effects. Adenophora scabra is a traditional Chinese medicine and a perennial herb belonging to the Campanulaceae family. Its medicine is its root, which is shaped like a carrot. It is dug out in autumn every year, the above-ground part and fibrous roots are removed, the rough skin is scraped off and it is dried. In the dry season, family members will use it to boil water to drink. So what are the effects and functions of Adenophora radix?

Effects of Adenophora

Adenophora is sweet and cool in nature, and can clear away heat, nourish yin, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It is mainly used to treat bronchitis, whooping cough, lung heat cough, and yellow and thick sputum.

Adenophora has the functions of nourishing yin, promoting body fluid, clearing away heat and cooling blood. It is used in combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer patients, especially for patients with advanced cancer who suffer from blood deficiency and yin deficiency, lung cancer due to lung yin deficiency, gastrointestinal tumors who have postoperative qi and yin deficiency, or body fluid dryness caused by yin damage caused by radiotherapy. It has a good therapeutic effect.

Nutritional value of Adenophora

Modern research has found that Adenophora australis contains alkaloids, volatile oils, etc., which have the effects of lowering body temperature, relieving pain, and strengthening the heart; Glehnia littoralis contains flavonoids, saponins, etc., which have the effects of removing phlegm, resisting true stones, and strengthening the heart.

Adenophora australis nourishes yin, clears heat, moistens the lungs and resolves phlegm to treat yin deficiency, chronic cough, tuberculosis, cough with blood in sputum, dry cough and less sputum; deficiency-heat throat congestion (moistens the lungs and relieves cough). Northern Adenophora is used to treat stomach yin deficiency, lack of body fluid, dry throat and thirst (nourishes the stomach and produces body fluid).

How to eat Adenophora

1. For those with lung heat and cough, it can be decocted in water and taken alone.

2. If the lung heat is more severe, add mulberry bark and rehmannia root bark to clear the lungs.

3. For those with long-term cough, you can use coltsfoot flowers and roasted radix stemonae to relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

4. For those who suffer from long-term cough and hoarseness, add Scrophularia and Terminalia chebula which can nourish yin and strengthen the lungs.

5. If the damage to body fluid is severe, with a red tongue and little fluid, fresh sand can be used in combination with fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, fresh Dendrobium officinale, etc. to enhance the effect of nourishing yin and producing body fluid.

These are the effects and functions of Adenophora. In addition to being used as medicine, Adenophora can also be made into food. Adenophora is divided into Adenophora australis and Adenophora norvegicus. Adenophora australis generally tends to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, while Adenophora norvegicus tends to nourish the stomach and promote salivation. It can be used to cook porridge. You may as well try it at home. These are the effects and functions of Adenophora. It can both cure diseases and maintain health.