What are the medicinal values ​​of Morinda officinalis

Only after knowing the medicinal value of a drug can we use it correctly. If you use a drug without understanding its medicinal value, it will not only fail to have a good effect in treating the disease. It may also cause some other adverse symptoms in the body. This will have the opposite effect. So it is very important to understand the pharmaceutical value of a drug. Next, we will introduce the medicinal value of Morinda officinalis.

Flavor

Spicy, sweet, warm.

① "Ben Jing": "Tastes spicy, slightly warm."

② "Bie Lu": "Sweet, non-toxic."

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Tastes bitter."

Meridians

Enters the liver and kidney meridians.

① "Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie": "It enters the spleen and kidney meridians."

② "New Edition of Materia Medica": "Enters the heart and kidney meridians."

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Enters the Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin and the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming."

1. Weight-increasing and anti-fatigue effects: Male Kunming mice weighing 16-18g were selected and divided into 4 groups according to their weight. The blank group was gavaged with 20ml/kg of distilled water every day, and the drug-treated group was gavaged with 20ml/kg of Morinda officinalis decoction for 11 consecutive days. Each group took the medicine once before the experiment. Five mice were placed in each swimming test, and they were weighed before the experiment and loaded with 5% of their actual weight. The results showed that Morinda officinalis could significantly increase the body weight of mice and prolong their continuous swimming time.

2. Effects on accessory sexual organs: Oral administration of crude extract of Morinda officinalis to rats or mice for 14-15 consecutive days showed no anabolic effect (increase in body weight, levator ani muscle or glomus cavernosa muscle weight, or mouse kidney weight) and no androgenic effect (increase in seminal vesicle weight as an indicator).

Morinda officinalis has a strong effect of nourishing the kidney, strengthening yang and strengthening muscles and bones, so it can be used for patients with kidney yang deficiency. However, if it is not a symptom of kidney yang deficiency, it is best not to use it. Otherwise, not only will it fail to achieve a good therapeutic effect, but it may also cause other adverse symptoms in the body.