What are the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum

Polygonum multiflorum is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. Due to its obvious efficacy and effects, it is used in many places. The closest thing to our lives is to use Polygonum multiflorum or its products to wash your hair to make your hair darker. But the benefits that Polygonum multiflorum brings to us are far more than that. Only if we understand it systematically can we make the best use of it. So, what are the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum? Let’s learn more about it below.

Effects of Polygonum multiflorum

1. Osteoarthritis (pain in the waist and knees, itching all over the body, difficulty walking).

Use one pound each of Polygonum multiflorum (the ones with patterns are the best) and Achyranthes bidentata, soak them in good wine for seven nights, take them out, dry them, mash them, add jujube meat and make them into balls as big as walnuts. Take 30 to 50 pills each time. Take on an empty stomach with wine.

2. Pain in the skin (not knowing where the pain is).

Use Polygonum multiflorum powder and ginger juice to make a paste and apply it. After application, wrap it with cloth and iron the soles of shoes over fire.

3. Spontaneous sweating. Use Polygonum multiflorum powder, mix it with saliva, and seal it on the navel.

4. Intestinal wind and bleeding. Use 2 liang of He Dao Wu and grind it into powder. Take 2 qian each time, before meals, with rice soup.

5. Wounds and bleeding. Apply Polygonum multiflorum powder on the affected area and stop. With special effects.

6. For scrofula and tuberculosis (whether broken or not, it can cure any part down to the chest), wash the root of Polygonum multiflorum, chew it raw every day, and mash the leaves to apply to the affected area.

7. Carbuncle and ulcer. There is no limit to the amount of Polygonum multiflorum you can use. Boil it over a gentle or strong fire, add an equal amount of wine, and boil it a few more times. Save the wine and drink it at any time. Take the residue, dry it, grind it into powder, and mix it with wine and flour to make it into balls as big as walnuts. Take 30 pills each time, on an empty stomach, with warm wine. After recovery, you can take the medicine as usual.

8. Wind plague. Use one pound of Polygonum multiflorum (preferably large ones with patterns), soak it in rice washing water for seven days, repeatedly steam and dry it in the sun for several times, add four ounces of sesame, steam and dry it again, grind it into powder, take two cents each time, with wine, twice a day.

9. Scabies. Use equal parts of Polygonum multiflorum and Qu leaves, boil them in water to make a thick soup for bathing, which can relieve pain and build muscle. Bathing with a decoction of Polygonum multiflorum stems and leaves is also effective.

The role of Polygonum multiflorum

(1) Promote hematopoietic function

Subcutaneous injection of 0.2 g of Shouwu liquid twice a day for 3 consecutive days in mice can significantly increase the yield of granulocyte progenitor cells compared with the saline control group. Intraperitoneal injection of 50 mg/kg of Polygonum multiflorum extract into mice for 3 consecutive days can significantly increase the number of bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells, significantly improve the production rate of mouse granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cells, and significantly increase the value of bone marrow erythroid progenitor cells.

(2) Enhance immune function

Polygonum multiflorum has a significant antagonistic effect on the inhibitory changes in the spleen and thymus of aged mice caused by prednisolone and cyclophosphamide, and significantly increases the phagocytic rate and phagocytic index of splenic macrophages. Feeding Polygonum multiflorum ethanol extract can significantly improve the damage and repair ability of DNA in peripheral lymphocytes of elderly rats. Gavage of 6 g/kg of processed Polygonum multiflorum to mice for 7 consecutive days can significantly improve the phagocytic ability of peritoneal macrophages and have a significant antagonistic effect on the decrease in phagocytic index caused by prednisolone.

(3) Lowering blood lipids and preventing atherosclerosis

Giving 4g/kg Polygonum multiflorum to rats with hyperlipidemia daily for 10 consecutive days can significantly reduce the levels of serum total cholesterol (TC) and serum triglyceride (TG) in rats. For quails with hyperlipidemia, continuous gavage of Polygonum multiflorum for 4 weeks can significantly reduce serum TC content and increase the HDL/TC ratio. Other experiments have shown that oral administration of Polygonum multiflorum for 7 days in rabbits with hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis models can not only reduce TC content but also alleviate the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. Feeding mice with 32g/kg of Polygonum multiflorum water extract for one month can significantly increase HDL-C levels. When Polygonum multiflorum was added to feed and fed to rats for 90 days, HDL-C was significantly increased, while TG and TC showed no significant changes, and it had a significant inhibitory effect on β-lipoprotein. When the alcohol extract of Polygonum multiflorum was administered intragastrically to quails with rapid atherosclerosis for 6 consecutive weeks, the plasma HDL-C/TC ratio increased significantly, and the effect was more significant in the high-dose group. All drug-administered groups had the effect of delaying atherosclerosis. The active ingredients of Polygonum multiflorum that have lipid-lowering and anti-cholesterol effects include anthraquinones, diphenylene compounds and lecithin.

I think everyone should be clear about the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum. Polygonum multiflorum is really a very good thing. It is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine and also has a very good effect on the prevention of certain diseases. People who have this need can appropriately supplement some Polygonum multiflorum to ensure that our body is always in the best condition.