What are the effects and functions of August Zha?

As women in today's society have higher and higher status in the workplace, in order to better prove that they are no worse than men, they have also put in more hard work and effort in their work. However, long-term heavy work can make them breathless, so symptoms of irregular menstruation often occur. Many friends will use August 8th for conditioning, so what are the effects and functions of August 8th? In the following time, please join me in learning about it.

【Origin and distribution】：

1. Akebia: Grown in trees and shrubs on hillsides, ravines, and stream sides. Distributed in Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

2. Akebia trifoliata: grows among trees and shrubs on hillsides, ravines, and stream sides. Distributed in Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Henan, and throughout the Yangtze River Basin.

3. White Atractylodes: grows among trees and shrubs on hillsides, ravines, and streams. Distributed in Southwest China and Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and other places.

【Morphological characteristics】：

1. Akebia is a deciduous, woody, twining shrub, 3-15 cm long, with no hair on the entire plant. Young branches are gray-green with longitudinal stripes. Palmate compound leaves, 5 leaflets, obovate or elliptic, 3-6cm long, apex rounded or often slightly concave to with a thin short tip, base rounded or cuneate, entire. Short racemes are axillary, flowers are unisexual, and monoecious; there are 1-2 female flowers at the base of the inflorescence, and dense and thin male flowers at the top; the flower has 3 stamens; male flowers have 6 stamens; female flowers are larger, with 2-13 free pistils. The fruit is fleshy, berry-like, oblong or slightly kidney-shaped, with rounded ends, about 8 cm long and 2-3 cm in diameter. It is purple when ripe, soft, and cracks along the ventral suture. There are many seeds, which are egg-shaped and slightly flat, black or dark brown. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruit ripening period is August.

2. Akebia trifoliata is similar to the previous species. Main differences: The leaves are trifoliate; the leaflets are ovate, broad ovate or oblong, with great variation in length and width, obtuse, slightly concave or mucronate at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, sometimes slightly cordate, with shallowly lobed or wavy edges, and 5-6 pairs of lateral veins.

3. The morphology of this variety of Akebia trifoliata is similar to that of Akebia trifoliata, but the leaflets are entire and have a thicker texture.

【Usage and Dosage】:

For internal use: decoction, 9-15g; large dose can use 30-60g; or soak in wine.

【Notes】:

Pregnant women should be careful when taking

【Effects and functions of August Zha】:

Soothes the liver and stomach, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain, softens and disperses lumps, and promotes urination. It is used to treat liver and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal and flank distension and pain, indigestion, diarrhea, hernia pain, low back pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, goiters, scrofula, and malignant tumors. It is used to treat liver and stomach pain, stomach heat, loss of appetite, thirst, dysentery, low back pain, flank pain, hernia, cavernous menstruation, and prolapsed uterus.

The above paragraphs have given us a good introduction to the effects and functions of the August Zha. I sincerely hope that female friends who have irregular menstruation can read the above content carefully so that they can take more coping measures during their daily menstrual period. Of course, we must also be aware of some of the Chinese medicines that are incompatible with it, so that we can better avoid their simultaneous appearance in the diet.