What are the functions and effects of Polygala tube

The whole body of Polygala can be used as medicine. The most commonly used is Polygala, but you can also remove the wood core of Polygala to form a Polygala tube, which also has the effect of treating diseases. However, different diseases require different parts of the medicinal materials, so what are the functions and effects of the Polygala tube? The functions and effects of the Polygala tube are similar to those of Polygala, and both are useful for treating diseases. The following will explain the functions and effects of the Polygala tube, I hope you can understand it.

After removing the pith, you will find the Polygala tube, which has dense and deep horizontal wrinkles all over, and some have fine vertical wrinkles and tiny lumpy root marks. It is brittle and easy to break, with a yellow-white and relatively flat cross-section, a slight smell of grass, a bitter and slightly spicy taste, and a tingling sensation in the throat.

1. Effect of phlegm

Polygala contains plant saponins, which can stimulate the gastric mucosa and cause mild nausea, thereby reflexively increasing bronchial secretions and having an expectorant effect. Oral administration of the extract to dogs can promote tracheal secretion, with the intensity of effect being: Polygala tenuifolia > Platycodon grandiflorum > Polygala tenuifolia. If the phenol red excretion rule is used, it is: Polygala tenuifolia > Polygala tenuifolia > Platycodon grandiflorum. However, oral administration of 1 g/kg of Polygala tenuifolia decoction to anesthetized dogs did not increase the secretion of tracheal mucus, which may be due to the fact that the animals were under anesthesia.

2. Effect on the uterus

The decoction of Polygala tenuifolia from northwest my country has a stimulating effect on the non-pregnant and pregnant uterus of guinea pigs, rabbits, cats and dogs. Intravenous injection of 3-6 ml of a 6.6% decoction (body weight 16.5 kg) also has a significant stimulating effect on the uterus in situ of pregnant dogs.

3. Hemolysis

Polygala tenuifolia is similar to Platycodon grandiflorum, contains saponins, and also has the effect of dissolving red blood cells. The intensity of hemolytic effect is: Polygala tenuifolia > Polygala americana > Platycodon grandiflorum. The hemolytic effect of Polygala tenuifolia (skin) is stronger than that of Polygala tenuifolia wood.

4. Effects on smooth muscle and myocardium

In vivo and in vitro experiments show that Polygala tenuifolia has a strong uterine stimulating effect. The 100% injection solution prepared from the water decoction of Polygala tenuifolia after ethanol precipitation has a strong excitatory and contractile effect on the isolated non-pregnant uterus of rats and mice. Polygala fluid extract can cause strong contraction of the pregnant and non-pregnant uterus of guinea pigs, rabbits, cats and dogs in vitro and in situ, and increase muscle tension. 3-6 mL of 6.6% Polygala decoction injected intravenously also has a significant stimulating effect on the uterus of pregnant dogs.

5. Diuretic effect

200 mg/kg suspension prepared by cold soaking and concentrating Polygala root in 50% methanol was orally administered to rats with edema caused by ligation of both jugular veins.

The diuretic effect of Polygala tenuifolia is 8.01, 1.11 ml/l00kg body weight, and the inhibition rate of congestive edema is 100%. Polygala tenuifolia saponins have the effects of eliminating edema and promoting diuresis. If used in combination with phenylbutazone, its diuretic effect will be enhanced.

This article analyzes the effects and functions of Polygala tube. Now the specific effects of the medicine are clear. To buy Polygala tube, you can go to Chinese medicine stores or Chinese medicine pharmacies in hospitals. When choosing, pay attention to the freshness of the medicine to prevent the medicine from being expired. Otherwise, the effect of the medicine will be affected, and the progress of the disease to be treated will be slowed down, which is very bad for the patient's treatment of the disease, so patients should also be vigilant when taking Chinese medicine.