What are the effects of Senecio?

Senecio is the dried whole herb of Senecio of the Asteraceae family. It is quite common in the Yangtze River area of ​​​​my country. It can be picked when it blooms in summer and autumn. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, improving eyesight, and relieving itching. It is mostly used for wind-heat cold, red and swollen eyes, diarrhea, dysentery, skin eczema and boils. Plants of the genus Senecio contain many hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids. So let’s take a brief look at the effects of Senecio.

1. Senecio radix is ​​bitter and cold in nature, and has a strong effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. It is used for carbuncles and ulcers caused by accumulation of heat and toxicity. The fresh product can be used alone, decocted in water for oral administration and external washing, and then mashed and applied externally to the affected area, or used together with honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, etc.; if combined with Bletilla striata, decocted in water to form a thick juice and applied externally, it is often used to treat burns caused by water or fire. This method can also be used for bedsores and lower limb ulcers.

2. Eupatorium is bitter and cold and enters the liver, and has a very good effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight. "Jiangxi Folk Herbs" uses this product alone as a decoction to fumigate the eyes to treat red and swollen eyes caused by wind-heat or liver-fire inflammation, or it can be used in combination with Prunella Vulgaris, Cassia Seed, and Coix Seed.

3. Senecio is bitter and cold in nature, and enters the large intestine meridian, so it has the function of clearing away dampness and heat in the large intestine. It is used for damp-heat in the large intestine, abdominal pain and diarrhea, or dysentery with pus and blood, tenesmus, and can be made into tablets for oral administration. In addition, Senecio can clear away heat and dampness, kill insects and relieve itching. It is used to treat tinea capitis, scrotal itching, and tinea pedis caused by damp heat and insect poisons. The juice can be decocted into a paste and applied to the affected area.

4. For boils, eczema, scabies, carbuncle and skin itching, you can use the fresh leaves of Eupatorium raphis to mash and apply externally, or boil them in water for external washing, or make them into a fluid extract for external application, or grind them into powder for external application. It also has certain therapeutic effects on burn and scald infections, large-area bedsores, and lower limb ulcers.

5. For Trichomonas vaginitis, applying the liquid of Senecio radix (or with Zanthoxylum bungeanum, 3:1) to the vaginal wall has a certain therapeutic effect. The compound prescription mainly based on Senecio radiata also has good curative effect in treating chronic organ inflammation.

The above briefly introduces the effects of Senecio. Today's living conditions are getting better and better, but the environment is getting worse and worse. Our physical health has also been affected, and various diseases are constantly emerging and developing. If we want to have a healthy body, we need to pay more attention to our diet and lifestyle. Check regularly.