The efficacy of Chinese medicine Qing Banxia

Qing Banxia is a common medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Many people are puzzled by the main function of Qing Banxia. They don’t know what kind of diseases Qing Banxia can be used to treat, nor do they know what the main functions of Qing Banxia are. Many people use Qing Banxia to relieve cough and resolve phlegm. When suffering from pneumonia, they will think of using Qing Banxia to treat it. This is enough to prove that the effect of Qing Banxia is quite good. So what are the effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Qing Banxia?

Qingbanxia is the tuber of Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit., a plant of the Australaceae family.

Other names: ground text, water jade, Qing Banxia, ​​Shigu, sheep eye Banxia, ​​Hegu, scorpion grass, ground pearl Banxia, ​​Ma Yuguo, three-step jump, pan stone, ground partridge, old monk head, wild taro, sky falling star, etc.

The dry tubers are spherical, semi-spherical or oblique. The surface is white or light yellow, and the uncleaned skin has yellow spots. The upper end is mostly round and flat, with a sunken yellow-brown stem scar in the center, surrounded by densely covered brown concave root scars. The lower side is blunt and smooth, with a solid and dense texture. The longitudinal section is kidney-shaped, white, and powdery; if the texture is old or the drying process is not appropriate, it will be grayish white or have yellow stripes. The powder is pungent and spicy when you smell it, sticky when you chew it, and it numbs your tongue and stings your throat. The best ones are those with large size, clean skin, white color, firm texture and sufficient powderiness.

Nature and flavor: pungent, warm, toxic. Enters the spleen and stomach meridians.

Functions and indications: Drying dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, eliminating lumps and dispersing nodules. It is used to treat damp phlegm and cold drinks, vomiting, nausea, cough and asthma with excessive sputum, chest distension, phlegm-induced headache, dizziness and insomnia. Eliminate carbuncles and swellings externally.

Dosage and Administration: For oral use: decoct in water; or make into pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and apply on skin.

Do's and Don'ts: Those with any blood syndrome, yin deficiency, dry cough, loss of body fluid and thirst should not take it.

① Raw Pinellia is spherical or oblate in shape, of varying sizes, white or light yellow, powdery, and pungent in taste, numbing the tongue and pricking the throat.

②Qing Banxia is white and transparent flakes, hard and crisp, with a slightly spicy and astringent taste.

③ The processed Pinellia is yellow or light yellow, with relatively uniform particles, loose texture and sweet and light taste.

④ Ginger Pinellia is light yellow flake-shaped, hard and crisp, and tastes spicy.

These are the various effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Qingbanxia. Choosing Qingbanxia to boil also has the effect of detoxification. If you suffer from a disease that requires the use of Qingbanxia, ​​you must promptly use the effects of Qingbanxia to treat yourself. When using Qingbanxia to treat the disease, pay attention to safe dosage, and it is best to strictly follow the doctor's medication rules.