What are the medicinal properties of Cibotium barometz?

I believe everyone is familiar with Cibotium barometz! It is a very important Chinese medicinal material for us. It is almost a necessity for every family life. It can be used to make tea, stew soup, etc. In daily life, people basically use it as a tonic herb, but what are the specific medicinal properties of dog spine? This question is not something that most people can answer. Now I will give you a detailed introduction to its medicinal properties.

Functions of Dog Ridge:

1. Dog spine is used for liver and kidney deficiency, as well as low back pain caused by wind, cold and dampness, stiff spine that makes it impossible to bend forward or backward, and weak feet and knees. Gou Ji is combined with Dioscorea pubescens, Eucommia ulmoides, and Dipsacus asper to nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the tendons and bones, and eliminate rheumatism. It is used for wind-cold and dampness arthritis, and pain in the foot and knee joints. It can be used with Chuanwu, Dioscorea pubescens, and other wind- and dampness-eliminating products. It is used for excessive urination due to kidney yang deficiency, excessive leucorrhea in women and spermatorrhea in men due to kidney deficiency. Dog spine has the effect of warming the kidney and consolidating the urine. For the elderly who urinate too much, it can be used alone or in combination with Alpinia oxyphylla, Poria cocos, Eucommia ulmoides, etc. to nourish the kidney and reduce urine. For women with coldness in the Chong and Ren meridians and pure white vaginal discharge, this medicine can be used together with Euryale ferox, Ginkgo biloba, and Bletilla striata to warm the kidneys, consolidate the system, remove dampness and stop vaginal discharge. If men suffer from kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, sore waist and weak legs, they can use Polygala tenuifolia, Eucommia ulmoides, Angelica sinensis, etc. In addition, external application of Cibotium barometz can treat sores and swellings.

2. Cibotium barometz can treat five types of low back pain and benefit the feet and knees: 2 liang of Cibotium barometz, 2 liang of Radix Dioscoreae, and 1 liang of Cuscuta australis. Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 30 pills every day on an empty stomach and before dinner. Soak new Radix Dipterocarpa in wine for 27 days and use the wine to take the medicine. Treat all wind diseases in men and women: Cibotium barometz, Radix Trichosanthis, Rhizoma Sappanwood, and Aconitum carmichaelii. Divide the above ingredients into equal parts, grind them into fine powder, and make them into pills with rice vinegar paste, as big as sycamore seeds. Take 20 pills each time, with warm wine or salt soup. If the disease is in the upper part of the body, take the medicine after meals; if the disease is in the lower part of the body, take the medicine on an empty stomach.

3. Dog spine is used to treat rheumatic bone pain, weakness in the waist and knees: 6 qian of Cibotium barometz rhizome, 4 qian each of camphor root and verbena, 5 qian each of Eucommia ulmoides and Dipsacus asper, 3 qian of Clematis chinensis, and 2 qian of Red Achyranthes bidentata. Take with wine soak.

The editor here has given you a complete introduction to the medicinal properties of Cibotium barometz. Do you all understand it? As a tonic medicinal material, dog spine is widely used in life, but there are some people who eat it blindly. After knowing its medicinal properties, everyone can eat dog spine more reasonably. Everyone should remember the medicinal properties introduced by the editor.