The efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine

Rheumatism is a chronic disease that can make patients feel "excruciating pain" when it occurs. However, friends with rheumatic diseases should also choose a treatment drug and method that suits them during treatment. Many people choose the traditional Chinese medicine Ligusticum chuanxiong to treat rheumatism. So, does the traditional Chinese medicine Ligusticum chuanxiong really have a significant effect on the treatment of rheumatism? What are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Radix Tougucao?

There are many aspects to the efficacy and effects of Ligusticum chuanxiong, and many people do not know much about this issue. Therefore, when choosing Ligusticum chuanxiong to treat diseases, you need to be careful and not use it indiscriminately, otherwise it will endanger your health.

The efficacy and function of radix spatholobi:

Dispel wind and dampness

This product is pungent and warm, and its pungent property can disperse the pathogens, and its warmth can overcome cold and dampness. The eight liver meridians can dispel wind and dampness. As the "Compendium of Materia Medica" said, "Tougucao "treats all rheumatic pains and contractures of tendons and bones." If wind, cold and dampness invade the limbs and meridians, it will cause limb pain, numbness, and difficulty in flexion and extension. This product can be used to dispel wind, cold and dampness. Once the pathogenic factors are gone, all symptoms will heal themselves.

Relaxing muscles and joints

This product is pungent, dispersing, warming and enters the liver meridian. The liver governs the tendons, so this product has the effect of relaxing the tendons and activating the collaterals. For the syndrome of Qi failure in the meridians caused by exogenous wind and cold, the tendons and veins of the limbs will contract and twitch rapidly, and the person will be unable to move freely. You can use Ligusticum chuanxiong to dispel wind and cold, relax muscles and activate collaterals to treat it.

Activate blood circulation and relieve pain

This product is pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking, enters the blood of the liver meridian, so it can promote blood circulation and relieve pain. This product can be used to treat various pains in the body, heart, abdomen, waist and knees, inside and outside, because it is pungent and warm, and can activate blood circulation and benefit qi. When blood and qi flow smoothly, there will be no pain.

The book "Jie Du Hua Hua Ru Ling Mi Dan Yao Jian" says: "It can treat heat toxins." "Yang Cheng's Experience Prescriptions" selects this product to treat the initial stage of swelling and toxins. Therefore, the herb can be used to treat sores, tinea, swelling, and scrotal eczema, and is usually boiled in water for external washing. Because this medicine can be used for external washing and can penetrate into the meridians and blood vessels, it has the characteristics of dispelling wind, activating blood circulation and relieving pain.

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Ligusticum chuanxiong. When using the traditional Chinese medicine Ligusticum chuanxiong to treat rheumatism, you should pay attention to a reasonable diet. You can eat more foods with high starch content such as barley, millet, sunflower seeds and steamed buns. Avoid eating spicy foods such as peppers, green onions, and white wine. In this way, the effect of treating rheumatism will be better.