What are the medicinal values ​​of He Shou Wu?

Shouwu is a kind of traditional Chinese medicinal material, and it is very precious. This kind of medicinal material can help us alleviate the appearance of gray hair. Now many people are very distressed because of gray hair, because gray hair will greatly reduce our external image, so many people often dye their hair. Polygonum multiflorum can alleviate the symptoms of gray hair growth, so what is the medicinal value of Polygonum multiflorum?

1. Polygonum multiflorum tastes bitter, sweet, astringent, and has a warm nature. There are two types of Polygonum multiflorum: raw Polygonum multiflorum and processed Polygonum multiflorum. The production of Polygonum multiflorum is to wash, cut, dry or bake it and then use it directly as medicine. It has the functions of moistening the intestines, relieving constipation, detoxifying and dispersing nodules. It is mainly used to treat constipation, scrofula, furuncles, skin itching and other symptoms. Processed Polygonum multiflorum is made by cooking raw Polygonum multiflorum with black beans and then drying it. It is a good medicine for nourishing the liver and kidneys, improving the essence and blood, and nourishing the heart and calming the mind. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, and premature graying of hair caused by liver and kidney deficiency and loss of essence and blood. The hair-blackening function of Polygonum multiflorum is achieved by nourishing the kidney, improving essence, nourishing blood and calming the mind.

2. Effect on the immune system: Polygonum multiflorum can antagonize the thymus atrophy and degeneration of mice caused by the immunosuppressants hydrocortisone or prednisolone, increase the weight of the thymus, adrenal glands, spleen and abdominal lymph nodes, increase the total white blood cell count, promote the phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages, and reduce the content of circulating immune complexes in mice. Immunology believes that the decline of immune function is closely related to the aging of the body. The thymus is the central organ of the immune system and can effectively maintain the body's immune function. Polygonum multiflorum can delay thymus degeneration that occurs with aging, which may be an important mechanism for delaying aging and improving the body's immunity. In addition, Polygonum multiflorum can increase the content of thymic nucleic acid and protein, delay the age-related degeneration of the thymus in elderly rats, promote the significant reversal of changes in the thymus ultrastructure of elderly mice, and significantly increase the phagocytic index of peritoneal macrophages in mice, thereby improving the body's nonspecific immune function.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of Polygonum multiflorum. In fact, Polygonum multiflorum is quite effective in alleviating the graying of hair. Many people have achieved the effect of changing white hair into black hair by eating Polygonum multiflorum in their lives. However, don’t put too much pressure on yourself in your daily life, because this will also increase the chance of gray hair.