What are the medicinal values ​​of basil?

Basil is a common Chinese herbal medicine in daily life. It has very good effects. It can not only treat influenza and gastrointestinal indigestion, but also has sufficient functions and effects in medicine. After saying so much, you may not know what other functions this medicine has. Many people are not very clear about what diseases this medicine can play a role in? So what are the medicinal values ​​of basil?

Basil is a traditional Chinese medicinal material with high medicinal value. It can not only relieve wind and promote qi circulation, but also eliminate dampness and help digestion. So what are the specific effects and functions of basil in medicine? What prescriptions in traditional Chinese medicine need to use it? Today, the editor of Sanjiu will learn in detail with everyone about the medical application of basil in antipyretic drugs.

Function and indications

Dispel wind and promote qi circulation, eliminate dampness and aid digestion, activate blood circulation and detoxify. It is used to treat external headaches, food bloating and gas stagnation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, irregular menstruation, bruises, snake and insect bites, skin eczema, and itchy rashes.

① "Qianjin·Food Therapy": "It can stop water and disperse poisonous gas."

② "Jiayou Materia Medica": "It can regulate the stomach and digest food, remove bad air and water vapor, and should be eaten raw. It can also treat tooth root ulcers, and the ash is very good. It can also cause wind, beriberi, and vomiting. Take half a cup of juice and boil it. In winter, boil the dried one."

③ "Lingnan Herbal Medicine Collection Record": "It can be used to treat snake bites and as a dressing for bruises."

④ "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine": "It is a good medicine for obstetrics. It can improve blood circulation before and after delivery, and treat gastric spasm and kidney disease."

⑤ "Chinese Medicinal Plants": "It has the effect of relieving heat and relieving fever."

⑥ "Nanjing Folk Herbs": "The leaves and salvia miltiorrhiza are boiled in water and taken to promote menstruation and blood circulation."

⑦ "Guangxi Chinese Medicine Records": "It can relieve the exterior and dissipate wind and heat. It can treat exogenous headache, fever and cough, and skin rashes and itching."

⑧ "Chinese Medicinal Plants Illustrated Guide": "Rubbing the juice can cure eye pterygium."

⑨ "Guangdong Chinese Medicine" II: "Relieves pain and reduces swelling. Treats wind-toxic sores and rheumatic swelling."

⑩Guangzhou Army "Common Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook": "It can dispel wind and reduce swelling, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. It can treat gastrointestinal flatulence, indigestion, stomachache, enteritis and diarrhea, exogenous wind and cold, headache, chest pain, contusion and swelling, rheumatism and pain, eczema and dermatitis."

Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 2-3 qian; or mash into juice. For external use: mash and apply, burn and grind into powder to mix with water or decoct in water for washing.

Notice

Those with Qi deficiency and dry blood should take it with caution.

① "Qianjin·Food Therapy": "Do not eat for a long time, it will astringe the qi of the body."

② "Jiayou Materia Medica": "Don't eat too much. Eating too much will block the joints, astringe the defense system, and make the blood flow poorly."

Additional prescription

① To treat cough and belching: 4 liang of ginger (mashed), add 2 liang of orchid leaves, 1 qian of pepper powder, 4 liang of salt and flour, wrap them into a stew, simmer until cooked, and eat on an empty stomach. (Outside the stage)

② Treat malnutrition and redness under the nose: 2 qian of orchid leaves (burned to ashes), 5 fen of copper blue, 2 words of light powder. Grind the above ingredients into fine powder and apply dry solution on sores of different sizes. (Lanxiang Powder from "Children's Medicine Prescriptions")

③Treat snake bites: mash and apply the herbs such as Thousand Layer Pagoda, Musk, Blood-Seeing Sorrow and Seven-Star Sword. (Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan)

The name of basil is rather strange, but this is because it is a common Chinese herbal medicine. It can effectively relieve menstrual disorders and gynecological diseases in women. It can also treat gout, food accumulation and loss of appetite in children, and indigestion. Basil has a wide range of medicinal values ​​and is very helpful for bruises and high blood pressure.