What are the effects and functions of Xihuangcao

What are the effects and functions of Xihuangcao

I don’t know if you have heard of Xihuangcao. Xihuangcao, also known as Bear Gall Grass, is a natural wild herb and also a pure natural treasure. Xihuangcao is suitable for growing in moist places such as streams and ditches, and is also distributed in Guangzhou. However, I believe that not many people know about Xihuangcao. In fact, Xihuangcao has great value. So what are the effects and functions of Xihuangcao? The following is an introduction to you.

The effects of Xihuangcao:

Clears away heat and dampness, cools blood and relieves blood stasis. Treat acute hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, dysentery, enteritis, urinary retention, and bruises and swellings. ① Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": clears heat, promotes dampness, and reduces jaundice. Treat acute icteric hepatitis and acute cholecystitis. ② "Color Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": Clears the liver and promotes bile secretion, relieves jaundice and eliminates dampness, cools blood and disperses blood stasis. Treat acute hepatitis, bruises and swellings.

The role of bromeliad grass:

The active ingredients of ophiopogon japonicus, ophiopogonin A and ophiopogonin A, have anti-cancer activity and have a significant inhibitory effect on human cervical cancer cells.

Icteric hepatitis: Symptoms include yellowing of the skin and sclera, chills and fever, fatigue, poor appetite, dull pain in the liver area, enlarged liver and spleen, yellow urine, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and a wiry and slippery pulse.

Acute cholecystitis: Symptoms include chills and fever, right upper abdominal pain involving the right shoulder and back, dry and bitter mouth, nausea and vomiting, or accompanied by dry and hard stools, or diarrhea, jaundice, etc.

For the treatment of acute cholecystitis with jaundice: combine Xihuangcao with Tianjihuang, Artemisia capillaris, Glechoma longituba and Plantago asiatica, decocted in water and taken orally.

To treat diarrhea caused by damp heat: First, take the fresh leaves of Xihuangcao, mash them into juice and drink it; Second, take Xihuangcao, Tianxianglu and Wild Peony, decoct them in water and drink it. (① The following prescriptions are from "Chinese Medicine Prescriptions and Pharmacology")

For treating dysentery and enteritis: fresh Artemisia tetrandra leaves. Wash, mash and take the juice orally. Take once a day, 5 ml each time, 2 to 3 ml for children. (Selected Works of the Exhibition: Infectious Diseases)

In fact, Xihuangcao has long been recorded in books, simply because of its huge efficacy and functions. It is of great help to people's physical health and also plays a role in many diseases. Xihuangcao can also be matched with other materials to show its own value. If you want to know more about Xihuangcao, you can refer to the information.

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