Effects of Shiwei

Shiwei is a plant that grows in the cracks of rocks. Its leaves are relatively hard. Maybe friends who climbed the mountains when they were young will find this kind of plant, but they don’t know its name. Little do they know that this kind of plant has medicinal value and is widely used in medicine. Near the mountainous areas, some residents will choose to use this kind of plant as a medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. Today, the editor will explain in detail the effects of Shiwei:

effect

It can promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, clear the lungs and relieve heat. It is used to treat painful stranguria, hematuria, urinary tract stones, nephritis, metrorrhagia, dysentery, lung heat cough, chronic bronchitis, wounds, and carbuncles.

Antitussive and antiasthmatic effects.

Oral administration of Lushan Pyrola extract (water decoction) and isomandibularia glycosides to mice both had significant antitussive effects (sulfur dioxide-induced cough method), but not as significant as the effect of codeine. Oral administration of Lushan Pyrola extract 101 (water decoction concentrate), 410, 411, 1A mother and crystal 1 to mice all had significant antitussive effects (sulfur dioxide cough induction method), but none of them was as effective as codeine.

Antibacterial effect.

100% Pyrola decoction has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus using the flat plate punching method.

Diuretic and relieving stranguria.

This product is bitter, sweet and cold. The bitterness can reduce dryness and dampness, the sweetness can relieve urgency and stop pain, and the coldness can clear away heat and purge fire. It enters the lung and bladder meridians, can clear away lung heat, benefit the bladder, open the water source to clear the water channels, and thus has the function of promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It is suitable for symptoms of gonorrhea such as painful and difficult urination, lower abdominal cramps, red or turbid urine, and sand in the urine, and it also has the power to clear away heat and stop bleeding. It is more suitable for those suffering from hematuria. "Shennong's Herbal Classic" says: Selaginella "treats fatigue, heat, evil qi, and five types of urinary obstruction. It benefits the urinary tract." It can be seen that this product is an important medicine for promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. For example, Shiwei Powder in "Qianjin Fang" is made of Selaginella and Angelica, which is used to treat various hematuria diseases.

Clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm.

This product enters the lung meridian, and the cold can clear the lung heat. Bitterness can reduce adverse qi and dry out dampness, and when the dampness is gone, phlegm will be transformed. Therefore, it has the effect of clearing the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is more suitable for patients with lung heat, cough and excessive sputum.

Clears heat and purges fire.

This product is bitter and cold. It can clear away heat and reduce fire, and also enter the liver meridian. The liver stores blood. Therefore, it is good at clearing away heat in the blood and has the function of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is very suitable for metrorrhagia and fistula caused by blood heat (with heavy flow, bright or purple color, thick texture, dry mouth, fever, red tongue and rapid pulse), as well as vomiting blood and epistaxis. People in the folks take this herb alone as a decoction in water or take the powder with wine, both of which are effective in treating metrorrhagia. Therefore, Compendium of Materia Medica says: Selaginella "treats metrorrhagia".

Diuretic and relieving stranguria.

① Used for urinary tract infection, painful and bloody urination or hematuria, often used together with Plantago seed, Talcum, Akebia, Dianthus superbus, etc.

②For patients with stranguria and hematuria, it is often used together with Lycopodiella cernua, Centella asiatica, Melaleuca alternifolia seeds, talc, etc.

Clears heat and stops bleeding .

It is used for blood heat, metrorrhagia (functional uterine bleeding) and vomiting blood. It is often used together with raw rehmannia, moutan bark, Panax notoginseng, etc., or it can be taken alone, decocted in water at 30 grams.

Clears heat and resolves phlegm.

Used for cough and asthma due to lung heat, such as bronchitis or bronchial asthma. It is often used together with gypsum, ephedra, almond, etc., or decocted and taken alone with rock sugar, and can also be used with betel nut.