What are the medicinal values ​​of wolfberry root?

Thousands of years ago, wolfberry root was already regarded as a medicinal material in the medical community. In fact, wolfberry root is what we often call Rehmannia root bark. It has many functions and effects. Many people use it to reduce fire when they get a sore throat after eating hot pot, because it has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving fever. It can also be used in life to help us strengthen our body. In addition to these, there are many other functions. So what are the medicinal values ​​of wolfberry root?

The benefits of wolfberry root

In different eras, people have used wolfberry root differently, but in general, its medicinal value and health benefits are being discovered more and more. Through the records in medical books of various eras, we can understand the specific effects of wolfberry root in detail.

Wolfberry root is the root bark of wolfberry, a plant of the Solanaceae family. It can be used as medicine, and has the effects of cooling blood, removing impurities, clearing the lungs and reducing fire. Used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats due to bone steaming, and cough due to lung heat. Clears heat and cools blood; treats consumptive disease, hot flashes, night sweats, cough and asthma due to lung heat, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, diabetes, hypertension, carbuncle, and ulcer. Cool blood and eliminate steaming, clear lungs and reduce fire.

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can eliminate the deficiency-heat in the liver and kidney in the lower part of the body.

2. Ben Jing: It treats evil qi in the five internal organs, heat, thirst, and general numbness.

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3. "Ben Cao Shu": It is mainly used to treat fever due to deficiency, alternating chills and fever, bloody symptoms, epistaxis, coughing up blood, cough, wheezing, consumption, stroke, dizziness, convulsions, low back pain, paralysis, beriberi, edema, restlessness, palpitations, forgetfulness, urinary obstruction, and red and white turbid urine.

4. "Bencao Bie Shuo" (Bencao Bie Shuo): Treats wounds caused by wounds.

5. Bielu: It treats rheumatism, lower chest and flank qi, exogenous heat and headache, replenishes internal injuries, severe fatigue and wheezing, strengthens tendons, strengthens yin, benefits large and small intestines, and is resistant to cold and heat.

6. Materia Medica: Grind it into small pieces, mix it with flour, cook it and swallow it. It is mainly used to treat kidney wind.

7. "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy": removes bone heat and quenches thirst.

8. "Daily Materia Medica": Treats vomiting blood from the upper diaphragm; boils the soup to gargle with, stops bleeding from teeth, and treats osteoarthritis.

9. Li Gao: It is used to treat wind evil with no fixed location on the surface and bone steaming caused by sweating in corpses.

10. Wang Haogu: It can drain kidney fire, reduce latent fire in the lungs, remove fire in the cells, reduce fever, and replenish vital energy.

Health benefits of wolfberry root

1. Treat hypertension.

2. Treat malaria.

3. Treat juvenile flat warts, palmoplantar warts, and generalized eczema.

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4. Treat pulpitis pain.

The therapeutic effects of wolfberry root

It is cold in nature and sweet in taste. Functions and indications: Cooling blood, removing steam, clearing lungs and reducing fire. It is used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats due to bone steaming, cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, and epistaxis.

Pharmacological effects of wolfberry root

1. Hypoglycemic effect: When rabbits were gavaged with a decoction of Radix Rehmanniae, their blood sugar levels first increased for a short time, then decreased permanently, and did not recover after 4 to 8 hours.

It has no significant antagonistic effect on hyperglycemia caused by injection of epinephrine. Subcutaneous injection of the extract in rabbits also lowered blood sugar. Another extract from the root of bearded wolfberry can cause a significant and lasting decrease in blood sugar in rats and increase carbohydrate tolerance. Its blood sugar-lowering effect is due to the guanidine derivatives it contains.

2. Effects on the cardiovascular system: The infusion, tincture and decoction of Radix Rehmanniae have a significant antihypertensive effect on anesthetized dogs, cats and rabbits when injected intravenously, accompanied by a slowing of the heart rate and a quickening of breathing; the effect of the infusion seems to be better than that of the decoction; repeated administration can produce varying degrees of rapid tolerance.

The concentrated tincture also exhibits a long-lasting and stable antihypertensive effect when injected intramuscularly into anesthetized dogs and cats or when the decoction is administered orally to unanesthetized rats. The antihypertensive effect of Lycium bark is related to the central nervous system, and it may also have the effect of blocking sympathetic nerve endings and directly dilating blood vessels. During the period of hypotensive treatment, there were no obvious changes in the electrocardiogram except for a slower heart rate and a decrease in T waves. A toxic dose could cause partial or even complete block of atrioventricular conduction in the guinea pig's heart.

3. Antipyretic effect: Rehmannia root bark has a significant antipyretic effect on rabbits with artificial fever.

Its ether extract and the aqueous extract of the residue after ethanol extraction had no effect, while the ethanol extract, water extract or aqueous extract of the residue after ether extraction all had an effect. Its antipyretic effect is weaker than that of aminopyrine and is approximately equal to that of other antipyretics.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of wolfberry root. Wolfberry has health care and dietotherapy functions, and also has rich physiological effects. Therefore, we must understand some of the medicinal value of wolfberry root, and then make good use of the effects of wolfberry root according to our own physical condition. It is recommended to consume it under the guidance of a doctor and in moderation.