The efficacy and function of traditional Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis

You may not understand the effects and functions of Morinda officinalis. It is a Chinese herbal medicine that nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the body. It has excellent effects on cold diseases and kidney deficiency and impotence. Nowadays, everyone has high work pressure, physical fatigue, and lack of exercise. People are prone to illness due to decreased immunity, excessive internal heat in the body, and difficulty urinating. Patients will also experience physical fatigue and dry stools. What are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis?

Other names: Morinda officinalis, chicken intestinal wind (Guangdong, Guangxi).

Source: The dried root of Morinda officinalis, a perennial evergreen herbaceous vine of the Rubiaceae family. Wild or cultivated.

Origin: Mainly produced in Guangdong and Guangxi, in addition, Fujian and Jiangxi also have a small amount of production.

Identification of properties: Morinda officinalis is mainly oblate, curved but not straight, with the cortex intermittently swollen or contracted, in the shape of beads. The length varies, and the diameter of the enlarged part is about 1~2 cm. The surface is yellowish brown, rough, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles and a few transverse wrinkles. The bark at the contracted part often falls off, revealing the woody core. The texture is hard, the bark is easy to peel off, the cross section is blue-purple, the woody core is rope-shaped and very tough, light yellowish brown or gray-purple. No smell, sweet and slightly astringent taste. The best ones are those with large strips, thick meat and small wood core.

Main ingredients: vitamin C, sugars and resin.

Pharmacological action: warms the kidney and aids yang, strengthens tendons and bones, and expels cold and heat.

Preparation: Boil licorice in water for a while, remove the woody core, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

Nature and flavor: spicy, slightly warm.

Meridians: Enters kidney meridian.

Function: Nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, strengthen the muscles and bones, and eliminate rheumatism.

Indications: impotence, infertility due to uterine coldness, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, and pain in the waist and knees. Athlete's foot and other diseases.

Clinical Use: Similar to Epimedium, but with a slower effect. Although it can be used to treat impotence, low back pain and other symptoms caused by kidney yang deficiency, it is actually better at strengthening muscles and bones and expelling cold and dampness, and is suitable for treating symptoms of cold and dampness trapped in the lower abdomen, waist and knees.

1. Treat urinary incontinence and frequent urination caused by kidney yang deficiency and cold, because it has the effect of warming the kidney, but it needs to be combined with Cistanche, Psoralea corylifolia, walnut meat, raspberry, Euryale ferox, Poria cocos, Polygonatum sibiricum, etc.

2. For the treatment of rheumatic pain in the waist and knees, edema in the waist, or muscle atrophy and weakness, with prolonged course of the disease and symptoms of kidney deficiency, it is often combined with Achyranthes bidentata, Dipsacus asper, Eucommia ulmoides, and Cornus officinalis, such as the Baji Qubi Decoction. This prescription has been tried to treat progressive muscular atrophy, and it has achieved certain results by tonifying the kidney and spleen.

Precautions for use: Not suitable for people with Yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, difficulty urinating, and dry mouth and tongue.

Dosage: 9~12g.

Prescription example: Baji Qubi Decoction: Baji 9g, Eucommia ulmoides 3g, Achyranthes bidentata 9g, Herba Codonopsis pilosulae 15g, Fructus Corni 9g, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae 12g, decocted in water and taken orally.

Note: Fujian and Jiangxi use the roots of the same genus plant, the smilax glabra, instead of the halberd, and sell them outside the province. The root of Morinda officinalis is cylindrical, without obvious swelling or shrinkage, not in a stringy shape, with a thick core and very thin skin. The surface is grayish yellow with shallow longitudinal wrinkles. The texture is hard, the heartwood is grayish yellow in cross section, and the bark is light blue-purple or light brown. No odor, light taste. Its effectiveness has yet to be clinically verified.

In Sichuan Province, the root of the plant Stephania tetrandra of the Stephania family is used as Morinda officinalis; and in Chongqing area, the root of the plant Akebia trifoliata of the Akebia family is used as Morinda officinalis, which is commonly known as Tubaji.

There are many kinds of Chinese patent medicines in our lives, and different varieties have different effects. I believe everyone must be aware of the effects and functions of the Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis. This Chinese medicine is produced in Jiangxi and Fujian, and can play a good role in nourishing the body.