What are the effects and functions of Stretching Grass?

Stretching grass is well known for its effect of relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation. At the same time, many places in our country grow this plant as medicine. Stretching grass has a good effect on the treatment of many diseases, especially for rheumatism and other diseases. It can not only treat the disease, but also relieve the adverse symptoms caused by the disease and reduce the patient's physical pain. So what other effects and functions does stretching grass have?

Relaxes muscles and activates joints.

It can be used for skin, muscle and joint lameness caused by cold, dampness and blood stasis.

(1) It is used for numbness of the skin, which is often seen in people with weak constitutions due to external pathogenic factors (wind, cold and dampness) invading the blood vessels. This product can be used to promote the flow of qi and blood and dredge the meridians.

(2) It is used for joint pain caused by wind-cold-dampness. It can dispel wind and cold, dry dampness and eliminate arthralgia, and relax muscles and activate collaterals.

(3) Used for injuries caused by falls, this product can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain.

Dehumidifies the air.

This product is pungent, bitter and warm in nature, and has the function of lowering qi and removing dampness. It is used for stomachache caused by qi stagnation, and can soothe the liver, relieve depression, and lower qi and eliminate stagnation.

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" states that it "relieves qi, eliminates the qi that is full and blocked in the chest, pushes out the food that has been in the stomach overnight, eliminates the hard mass in the abdomen that has been there for a long time, and eliminates edema."

Dehumidify and detoxify.

It is used for herpes zoster, also known as shingles, which is mostly caused by Qi deficiency that cannot promote water circulation, blood stasis and dampness accumulation. This product can promote Qi and blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dry dampness and detoxify.

Cool down.

The water extract of lycopodii herb has a cooling effect on experimental fever in rabbits. Its active ingredients are lycopodine, lycopodium clavate, and lycopodium clavate poison. Lycopodium intravenous injection also has a cooling effect on cats.

Treat rheumatic fever.

Smilax glabra is warm in nature and has no traditional Chinese medical evidence of clearing away heat and reducing fever. However, pharmacological studies have shown that its active ingredients have the effect of lowering body temperature and can therefore be used to treat fever caused by rheumatic diseases.

Diuretic.

Smilax glabra has a diuretic and uric acid excretion promoting effect. It can also relieve spastic urinary retention in children and has a laxative effect.

Treat gout.

Smilax glabra can treat gout and hyperuricemia, and is used as a meridian-guiding drug together with red vine, Qinpi, etc.

excited.

Experiments have shown that the lycopodine in lycopodii has a stimulating effect on the penis and uterus of rats.

Affects blood pressure.

There are reports that lycopodii herb has a pressor effect, while there are also reports that it has a hypotensive effect.

After understanding the effects of Stretch Muscle Grass, some adverse physical reactions in daily life can be treated with Stretch Muscle Grass, especially diseases such as bruises and injuries. However, if you consume too much of lycopodii, it will cause a certain degree of harm to the body. Therefore, it is best to use medication for treatment under the guidance of a doctor.