What are the effects of stir-fried Bupleurum

Nowadays, people choose Western medicine to treat diseases because it reduces the trouble of simmering medicine and tasting bitter medicine. However, for some diseases, Chinese herbal medicine is better than Western medicine in regulating health. Among them is the Chinese herbal medicine Bupleurum. Many people may only have seen it in some drug ingredients, but it is not the raw material. Many of the specific effects are not used. So, what are the effects of fried Bupleurum?

The efficacy and function of Bupleurum:

Harmonize Shaoyang, soothe the liver and stomach, raise Yang and lift the sunken. It is used to treat alternating chills and fever, chest fullness and flank pain, bitter taste in the mouth and deafness, headache and dizziness, malaria, diarrhea and prolapse of the rectum, irregular menstruation, uterine prolapse, and heat entering the blood chamber.

Effects of Bupleurum

The nature and flavor of Bupleurum: bitter and flat, enters the liver and gallbladder meridians. Functions: Release exterior, reduce fever, soothe the liver, relieve depression, and raise yang. Indications: colds and fever, alternating chills and fever, malaria, distension and pain in the flanks, and irregular menstruation.

Modern pharmacological research has shown that Bupleurum has the following effects: 1. It has a stable and reliable antipyretic and antipyretic effect; 2. It is a sedative and analgesic, and can relieve chest tightness and pain, relieve depression and regulate menstruation; 3. It is antibacterial and has an inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis; 4. It has an anti-liver damage effect; 5. It is antiviral, and has a strong inhibitory effect on influenza viruses, and has an inhibitory effect on the cell damage caused by type 1 polio virus.

It is mainly used to dispel heat, raise yang and soothe the liver. It is used for colds and fevers, alternating chills and fever, malaria, liver depression and qi stagnation, chest and rib pain, rectal prolapse, uterine shedding, and irregular menstruation.

Chaihu Method Instructions

1. The dosage of antipyretic herbs should be large, while the dosage of yang-raising herbs should be small; herbs that soothe the liver and relieve depression should be stir-fried with vinegar, while herbs that cause yin deficiency and bone steaming should be stir-fried with turtle blood.

2. The dried rhizome of large-leaf Bupleurum has densely covered rings on the surface and is poisonous, so it cannot be used as Bupleurum.

3. Bupleurum is often used together with Pueraria lobata and Notopterygium wilfordii to treat colds.

4. Bupleurum has a better antipyretic effect. When the evil is in the Shaoyang meridians and there is alternation of cold and heat, it is often used together with Scutellaria baicalensis and Pinellia ternata (such as Xiao Chaihu Decoction).

5. For malaria, Bupleurum can be used in combination with Amomum villosum, Citrus aurantium, etc.

6. For irregular menstruation or dysmenorrhea caused by liver qi stagnation, it can be used together with Chinese angelica, white peony root, cyperus rotundus, curcuma and other drugs.

As for the effects of fried Bupleurum, based on the explanation above, everyone must be familiar with it. It is helpful in treating many diseases, and in life, there is more than just Bupleurum as a medicinal herb. Perhaps some of the things that you don’t know about have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. In addition, if you need to regulate your body, those Chinese medicine pharmacies and dietotherapy recipes will definitely have good effects.