Effects of boiling water with Xanthium sibiricum

Xanthium sibiricum is one of the most common traditional Chinese medicines used in many folk remedies for treating rhinitis. However, I believe everyone knows that Xanthium sibiricum is somewhat toxic. When using Xanthium sibiricum to treat rhinitis or other diseases, you must follow the dosage prescribed by the doctor to avoid the risk of poisoning. However, don’t worry too much. Within a safe dose, the toxicity of Xanthium sibiricum will not affect humans. Next, we will introduce to you the effects of boiling Xanthium sibiricum in water.

Xanthium sibiricum is poisonous, so try to avoid taking it internally or taking it in excess. Reduce its toxic effects.

1. Long cooking: Experiments have shown that the protein and oil contained in Xanthium sibiricum are basically non-toxic when cooked at 120°;

2. Light stir-fry: Stir-fry the Xanthium sibiricum in an iron pan to destroy its toxicity in a high temperature environment.

Effect:

①Treatment of low back and leg pain

Make Xanthium sibiricum into 30% injection, inject 2-4 ml into the painful spot each time, once every other day, and 10 times as a course of treatment. It was used for 163 cases of low back and leg pain caused by lumbar sprain, lumbar muscle strain, sciatica, hypertrophic lumbar spondylitis, lumbar spondylosis, etc., with a total effective rate of 89%. For those with quick effects, the symptoms will be relieved after one injection, and it usually takes 3 to 5 injections to be effective. It has a good effect on acute lumbar sprain or lumbar muscle injury; but the effect is unstable for low back pain caused by sacral occult fracture and hypertrophic lumbar spondylitis.

②Treatment of allergic rhinitis

After taking the medicine, most patients' symptoms disappeared or improved, or the attacks decreased. Except for a few cases where the nasal mucosa changed from pale to mildly congested, no obvious changes were found in most cases. Usage: Roast the Xanthium sibiricum into dark brown and grind into powder. Take 3-5 grams each time, 3 times a day, for 2 weeks. Or mix the powder with honey to make pills (each pill contains 3 grams of powder), take 1 to 2 pills each time, 3 times a day, for 2 weeks, and if necessary, take for 3 weeks to 2 months. The powder can also be extracted with alcohol to make tablets (each tablet is equivalent to about 1.5 grams of the original medicine), 2 tablets each time, 3 times a day, for about 2 weeks. A small number of patients experienced mild diarrhea, abdominal distension and pain, mild headache, general weakness, etc. after taking the medicine.

③Treatment of chronic rhinitis

Take 30 to 40 Xanthium sibiricum fruits, break them gently, put them in a clean small aluminum cup, add 1 liang of sesame oil, bring to a boil over low heat, remove the Xanthium sibiricum, wait until it cools, and pour it into a small bottle for later use. When using, use a cotton swab dipped in the medicated oil and apply it to the nasal cavity, 2 to 3 times a day, and one course of treatment is two weeks. A total of 207 cases were treated. Except for 3 cases with no effect and 12 cases that did not persist in taking the medication, the rest were cured and their clinical symptoms completely disappeared. The longest follow-up time was 3 years, and no recurrence was observed.

The above contents are about some effects of boiling water with Xanthium sibiricum. In fact, all medicines are poisonous. We need to pay special attention to the dosage when taking medicines. For toxic medicines such as Xanthium sibiricum, we must follow the doctor's prescription and try to avoid drinking water directly that has been boiled with Xanthium sibiricum to avoid poisoning.