What are the properties and flavors of Polygonatum?

There are many medicinal herbs in our country, which we call Chinese medicinal herbs. These medicinal materials have different origins, different properties, and different medicinal properties. A full understanding of these medicinal herbs can help us prevent and treat diseases better. I believe that many of us who are not medical professionals are not familiar with Polygonatum sibiricum, but it is indeed a very important tonic herb for us. Let me introduce what is the nature and taste of Polygonatum odoratum?

Polygonatum sibiricum is a traditional tonic medicine. Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Southern Dynasty, listed Polygonatum as a top-grade herb in his "Famous Doctors' Records". Polygonatum sibiricum is the rhizome of a perennial herb of the Liliaceae family. It is distributed in most parts of the country and is harvested from September to October. It is sweet and mild in nature, and enters the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the body, and benefiting the spleen and nourishing blood.

1. Treat stomach yin deficiency

For those who have no appetite when hungry, have abdominal discomfort, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little fluid, and thin and rapid pulse, Ophiopogon japonicus decoction with Polygonatum sibiricum can be used for treatment.

2. Treat Yin deficiency cough

For patients with dry cough with little sputum and cough caused by lung and kidney yin deficiency, you can boil the Polygonatum odoratum into a paste and take it.

3. Treat tuberculosis

For those with dry cough with little sputum, short cough, blood in sputum, dry mouth and throat, night sweats, red cheeks, hot hands and feet, fatigue, loss of appetite, restlessness and insomnia, red tip of tongue, and thin pulse, you can use 500 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 250 grams of Bletilla striata, and 125 grams of Polygonatum odoratum, grind them into fine powder, make them into pills as big as sycamore seeds with refined honey, and swallow them with warm water, 9 grams each time, 3 times a day.

4. Treat Diabetes

For senile diabetes with symptoms of polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, weight loss, itchy skin, joint pain, and dry eyes, the Spleen Yin Nourishing Blood Stasis Decoction can be used: Polygonatum sibiricum, yam, Poria cocos, lentil, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Leonurus japonicus, Pueraria root, Coix seed, Rehmannia root bark, and roasted rhubarb.

5. Treat tinea pedis and tinea manuum

Polygonatum sibiricum rub can be used to treat fungal infections. Preparation method of Polygonatum odoratum rubbing liquid: take 100 grams of Polygonatum odoratum, add 250 ml of 75% ethanol, place it in a sealed container and soak it for 15 days, filter out the liquid, and then mix it with 150 ml of rice vinegar. When using, wash the affected area with clean water, wipe dry, and apply the liquid with a cotton swab, 3 times a day.

It is particularly important for us to fully understand the nature, taste and efficacy of Polygonatum. Chinese medicinal materials were discovered after a long period of exploration. In ancient times, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs. Now we are standing on the foundation laid by our predecessors and we must master this knowledge. Polygonatum sibiricum has a very good therapeutic effect on some of our common diseases. Everyone should remember the therapeutic effect of Polygonatum sibiricum introduced by the editor.