What are the effects and functions of Ophiopogon japonicus

There are always some weeds growing in the fields and wild. I believe that careful friends will find that some plants that look like weeds are actually medicinal herbs. For example, the very inconspicuous Ophiopogon japonicus is a traditional Chinese medicine that can help people solve physical problems. The leaves of Ophiopogon japonicus look as thin as leeks, and its flowers are often white. So the question is, what are the effects and functions of Ophiopogon japonicus?

Effects of Ophiopogon japonicus

Nourish yin, produce body fluid, moisten the lungs and clear the mind.

It is used for dry cough due to lung dryness, cough due to consumptive tuberculosis, thirst due to loss of body fluid, restlessness and insomnia, internal heat and thirst, constipation due to dry intestines, and diphtheria in the throat.

Nourishes yin and produces body fluid, moistens the lungs and relieves cough: It is used for symptoms such as thirst, dry cough and hemoptysis caused by lung and stomach yin deficiency; palpitations and easy fright caused by heart yin deficiency; and damage to body fluid by heat in the late stage of fever.

Combined with Adenophora Root and Fritillaria cirrhosa, it can treat dry cough due to lung yin deficiency.

Application of Ophiopogon japonicus

1.Stomach yin deficiency syndrome. This medicine tastes sweet, soft and moist, and is bitter and cold in nature. It is good at nourishing stomach yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and clearing stomach heat. It is widely used for symptoms such as dry tongue and thirst, epigastric pain, loss of appetite, vomiting, and dry and hard stools due to stomach yin deficiency and heat. For example, it is used together with raw rehmannia, polygonatum, and adenophora to treat heat damage to stomach yin and dry mouth and tongue. For the treatment of diabetes, it can be used together with Radix Trichosanthis, Prunus mume, etc. It is used together with Pinellia ternata, Ginseng, etc. to treat qi reversal and vomiting due to insufficient stomach yin, such as Mai Men Dong Decoction (Golden Chamber Synopsis). Used together with Rehmannia glutinosa and Scrophularia ningpoensis, it can treat constipation caused by damage to body fluid by pathogenic heat, such as Zengye Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases).

2. Lung yin deficiency syndrome. This product is good at nourishing lung yin and clearing lung heat. It is suitable for symptoms such as dry nose and throat, dry cough with little sputum, coughing up blood, sore throat and hoarseness caused by yin deficiency, lung dryness and heat. It is often used together with donkey-hide gelatin, gypsum, mulberry leaves, loquat leaves and other products, such as Qingzao Jiufei Decoction (Medical Law).

3. Heart yin deficiency syndrome. This product can be used in the heart meridian, and can nourish heart yin, clear heart heat, and has a slight effect of relieving restlessness and calming the mind. It can be used to treat symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia, forgetfulness, palpitations and restlessness caused by heart yin deficiency and heat. It should be used in combination with products that nourish yin and calm the mind, such as Tianwang Buxin Dan (Secret Anatomy of Shesheng), which can be used together with raw rehmannia, soanjujube seed, and cypress seed. For those who suffer from heat damaging the heart and blood, and who are restless and insomniac, it is advisable to use products that clear the heart, cool the blood and nourish the yin, such as Qingying Decoction (Treatise on Warm Diseases), which can be used together with Coptis chinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophularia ningpoensis and other products.