What are the medicinal values ​​of Bupleurum chinense?

Only when the medicinal properties of a drug are fully understood can we use it more safely and rationally to achieve the purpose of treating the disease. If you do not fully understand the properties of the medicine, and just use it the way others do, then not only will it not be effective in curing the disease, it may also cause other disease symptoms in the body. Therefore, it is very important to understand the medicinal value of drugs. Today we will introduce the medicinal value of Bupleurum chinense.

【Name】:Bupleurum chinense

[Other name]: Bupleurum chinense | Bupleurum chinense | Bupleurum chinense

【Latin name】: Bupleurumchinense

【Family name】: Umbelliferae

【Genus name】:Bupleurum

[Morphological characteristics]: The roots are thick and conical. The stem is erect and bent in a zigzag shape. Leaves are alternate, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, with long pointed tips. Umbel. The flowers are small and yellow. The fruit is oval-ovate. Flowering period is July-August.

[Adaptable area]: Native to China, mainly distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other provinces. There are also distributions in North Korea, Japan, and the Soviet Union

[Growth Habits]: Often grown wild on drier hillsides, forest edges, forest gaps, grasses and roadsides. Likes warmth and humidity. Cold and drought resistant. Afraid of flooding. It grows well in sandy loam or leaf mold, but does not grow vigorously in saline-alkali soil, and the leaves tend to curl.

[Medicinal value]: The roots and stems are used as medicine, called Bupleurum, which can relieve exterior and interior, raise yang, soothe the liver and relieve depression. The root is used as medicine. It is bitter and slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving exterior symptoms and harmonizing the interior of the liver and lungs, raising yang, and soothing the liver and relieving blood stasis and regulating menstruation. It is mainly used to treat colds, upper respiratory tract infections, malaria, alternating chills and fever, rib pain, hepatitis, bile tract infections, cholecystitis, irregular menstruation, and rectal prolapse.

[Landscape Use]: As a herbaceous flowering plant, Bupleurum is often planted in flower borders, walls or lawn edges. When it blooms in summer, it is full of wild charm. The root is a traditional Chinese medicine.

Once you understand the medicinal properties of the drug, you can use it for targeted treatment. This is the safest and most reliable way to use the drug. However, if you want to treat it with other drugs, it is best to do so under the guidance of a doctor. This will be safer and more reliable. Otherwise, it is likely to cause some other diseases.