What is the method of consuming Ligustrum lucidum?

There are many medicines in the world. Medicines can save lives and put people in trouble. When we are sick, we just need to go to the hospital and take some medicine. Do you feel it’s magical? Let’s learn about Ligustrum lucidum today. What is Ligustrum lucidum? I think everyone should feel very unfamiliar. It is distributed in many places. It has many functions and is a traditional Chinese medicine that can nourish the kidney and yin, nourish the liver and improve eyesight. It is a good medicine for treating liver and kidney deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, premature graying of hair and blurred vision. Let’s take a look at some ways to consume Ligustrum lucidum.

Fructus Ligustri Lucidi nourishes the kidney and yin. Take Ligustrum lucidum fruit, remove the stems and leaves, soak them in wine for a day and a night, peel off the skin, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and wait until the morning lotus grass emerges, pick a few stones, mash the juice and boil it into a thick paste, then make the powder into balls as big as walnuts. Take 100 pills every night, with wine. After more than ten days, the old man's physical strength increased and he no longer had to get up at night. It can also change white hair to black, strengthen the waist and knees, and raise Yin energy. Another recipe: Use Ligustrum lucidum fruits harvested in early winter and dried in the shade, soak them in wine for one day, steam them thoroughly and dry them in the sun, and take one pound and four ounces; use ten ounces of Eclipta prostrata harvested and dried in the shade in summer; use ten ounces of mulberry fruits harvested in late spring and dried in the shade. Grind the three ingredients into powder, add refined honey and make into pills as big as walnuts. Take seven or eight Zhi pills each time, with light salt soup. If the mulberries are picked in May and the lotus is picked in August, you can directly mash the juice and mix the medicine without adding honey.

Ligustrum lucidum: remove impurities, wash and dry.

Ligustrum lucidum fruit with wine: take clean Ligustrum lucidum fruit, add yellow wine and mix well, put in a jar or suitable container, seal it, place it in a water pot, stew it until the wine is absorbed, take it out and dry it (for every 100 kilograms of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, use 20 kilograms of yellow wine). "Depei Materia Medica": Wash and remove the skin of Ligustrum lucidum, mix with wine, steam it, and dry it in the sun. You can also stir-fry with light salt water.

Practical Application

① To nourish the waist and knees, strengthen the tendons and bones, strengthen the yin and kidneys, and blacken the beard and hair: Ligustrum lucidum fruit (harvested on the winter solstice: any amount, dry in the shade, steam with honey wine, leave overnight, peel off the skin in a coarse bag, dry into powder, store in a clay bottle, or boil it dry first and use with Eclipta prostrata), Eclipta herb (harvested on the summer solstice, any amount), mash the juice and boil it into a paste, mix with the previous medicine to make pills, take with wine before going to bed. (Erzhi Pills from Yifang Jijie)

②Treat neurasthenia: 25-50 grams each of Ligustrum lucidum, Channa intestine and Morus alba. Decoction in water. Or soak 1000 grams of Ligustrum lucidum in 1000 grams of rice wine and take it daily as appropriate. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

③Treatment of red eyes caused by wind-heat: no matter how much holly seeds are, mash them into juice and boil them into a paste. Store them in a clean bottle and bury them in the ground for seven days. Use it as an eye drop. ("Xian Fang Ji Ji")

④Treat optic neuritis: 50g each of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, Cassia tora and Atractylodes macrocephala fruit. Decoction in water. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

⑤For the treatment of scrofula, tuberculous hot flashes, etc.: 15g of Ligustrum lucidum, 10g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 7.5g of Artemisia annua, 12.5g of Prunella vulgaris, decocted in water and taken three times a day. (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine)

⑥ Treat kidney damage caused by dryness and heat, turbid urine pain, weakness in waist and legs, and long-term lower body consumption: 20 grams of Ligustrum lucidum, 30 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 30 grams of tortoise shell, 10 grams each of Angelica sinensis, Poria cocos, Dendrobium candidum, pollen, Polygonum multiflorum, Achyranthes bidentata, and Plantago seed, and 3 large clams. Decoction in water. (Nuzhen Decoction from "Yichun Shengyi")

⑦Nourish the kidney and yin. Take Ligustrum lucidum fruit, remove the stems and leaves, soak them in wine for a day and a night, peel off the skin, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and wait until the morning lotus grass emerges, pick a few stones, mash the juice and boil it into a thick paste, then make the powder into balls as big as walnuts. Take 100 pills every night, with wine. After more than ten days, the old man's physical strength increased and he no longer had to get up at night. It can also change white hair to black, strengthen the waist and knees, and raise Yin energy.

Another recipe: Use Ligustrum lucidum fruits harvested in early winter and dried in the shade, soak in wine for one day, steam thoroughly and dry in the sun, take 700 grams; use 500 grams of Eclipta prostrata harvested in summer and dried in the shade; use 500 grams of mulberry fruits harvested in late spring and dried in the shade. Grind the three ingredients into powder, add refined honey and make into pills as big as walnuts. Take seven or eight Zhi pills each time, with light salt water.

⑧Red eyes due to wind-heat. Use unlimited amount of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, mash the juice and boil it into a paste, store it in a clean bottle, bury it in the ground for seven days, and then use it to put on the eyes.

⑨ Mouth ulcers and tongue swelling.取女贞叶捣汁含浸吐涎。

⑩ For all eye diseases, mash Ligustrum lucidum leaves, add potassium nitrate, mix well and apply to the eyes.

Now I believe everyone should be familiar with the way to eat Ligustrum lucidum. You all have a certain understanding of it, especially women should take it when they are sick. Because Ligustrum lucidum has the function of nourishing the liver and kidneys and making the eyes brighter. Remember the above knowledge, it may come in handy. Let us delve into every detail of life and discover more useful things.