Little known: the efficacy and function of Polygonum cuspidatum
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The role of Polygonum cuspidatum in traditional Chinese medicine is also very unique. Polygonum cuspidatum, also known as pseudochuanqi, tuchuanqi, hongsanqi, Sanqi or Polygonum japonicum, is a perennial shrubby herb with a height of 1-1.5 meters. Rhizome transverse, lignified, outer skin yellowish brown. It is widely distributed in Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Anhui. It can be used for pneumonia, gout, chronic prostatitis, metabolic disorders, jaundice, acne and so on. The following is my experience.
Little known: the efficacy and function of Polygonum cuspidatum
First, Polygonum cuspidatum and Caulis Spatholobi are both blood activating and stasis removing drugs, but their effects are different. Caulis Spatholobi is sweet in taste, warm in nature, and has the effect of enriching blood. It is most suitable for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and blood deficiency; Polygonum cuspidatum is bitter and cold, and can cool blood and remove blood stasis, so it is suitable for patients with blood heat and blood stasis and heat disease.
Second, Polygonum cuspidatum, turmeric and zedoary are all products of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which are used to treat the syndrome of blood coagulation and qi stagnation. But Polygonum cuspidatum is cold in nature. It can cool blood and detoxify. It can be used for sore swelling.
Third, the taste of Polygonum cuspidatum is bitter and sour, the nature is flat, and it belongs to liver and gallbladder channels; it has the effect of promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, expelling wind and dampness, detoxifying and detumescence; it is mainly used for blood stasis, amenorrhea, postpartum lochia, accumulation, falling injury, rheumatic arthralgia, jaundice, diarrhea, drenching turbidity, sore, swelling, poisonous snake bite, water and fire scald.
matters needing attention
Warm tips: do not touch the eyes, mouth and other mucous membrane. It is forbidden to use in the place of skin ulceration or infection. Patients with bleeding tendency should be cautious. It should be used with caution for women during menstruation and lactation. The elderly and the weak should be used under the guidance of doctors
