The efficacy and function of buckwheat root

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your own diseases well, you need to use the right medicine. The Chinese medicine buckwheat root is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

[Other names] Golden Lock and Silver Open (Li's Herbal Secret), Bitter Buckwheat Head (Cao Mu Bian Fang), Wild Buckwheat (Classification of Herbal Properties), Iron Stone (Tian Bao Materia Medica), Bone-penetrating and Novel (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities), Blue Buckwheat Head (Compilation of Common Folk Herbs), Buckwheat Panax Notoginseng (Common Folk Herbs in Zhejiang), Golden Lock, Bitter Buckwheat Root (Shanghai Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbs).

[Source] It is the root and rhizome of the Polygonaceae plant Fagopyrum serrata . Dig up in October and November and dry in the sun.

[Original form] Sky buckwheat (Li's Herbal Secret), also known as: Five Poison Grass, Five Hippophae Rhizome, Snake Net (Bencao Shiyi), Golden Buckwheat (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities), Wild South Buckwheat, Sweet Buckwheat, Sour Buckwheat, Wild Triangle Wheat, Wild Buckwheat, Tiansongsan, Flower Wheat, Iron Flower Wheat.

[Habitat distribution] It grows on grassy slopes in mountainous areas, on the edges of forests, and in shady and moist places with loose soil. It is also often planted beside houses and ditches. Distributed in central, eastern and southwestern my country. It is produced in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and other places.

[Properties] The dried rhizome is irregularly lumpy and woody; the surface is gray-purple, rough and bumpy, with many bumps, bud marks and fibrous roots; the texture is hard, the cross section is slightly rough, light reddish brown, with cracks and irregular fine lines in the middle. It has a faint smell and a slightly sour taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Sour, bitter, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, dispels wind and removes dampness. Treat sore throat, carbuncle, scrofula, hepatitis, lung abscess, muscle and bone pain, headache, stomachache, bacillary dysentery, and leucorrhea.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.4-1 liang; or grind into powder. For external use: mash or grind the juice for application.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat drooling in children (deficiency of spleen and stomach fire): 1-2 grams of fresh buckwheat heads. Boil water and drink. (Chongqing Herbs)

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of lung abscess

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the above description, we know what fagopyrum root is and what effects it has. The medicinal value of buckwheat root is very high and it is beneficial to improve the immune system. It is a worthy choice for us.