Chinese Herb Cyathula

Sichuan Cyathula in traditional Chinese medicine is also a Chinese medicinal material with very high medicinal value, but everyone must keep their eyes open when purchasing Sichuan Cyathula, because another medicinal material that is very similar to Sichuan Cyathula is called Huai Cyathula. Some unscrupulous merchants will use Huai Niu Xi to impersonate Sichuan Niu Xi, because the cost of Huai Niu Xi is lower than that of Sichuan Niu Xi. However, this cannot deny the pharmacological effects that Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata brings to people. Today's article will explain to you the effects of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata.

[Nature and flavor and meridians] It is neutral in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste. It enters the liver meridian and kidney meridian.

[Effects and functions] It can remove blood stasis, promote menstruation, open up joints, and promote diuresis and relieve stranguria. It is a blood-activating and menstruation-regulating drug under the category of blood-activating and stasis-removing drugs.

[Clinical application] The dosage is 5-10 grams, decocted in water, soaked in wine, or made into pills or powder. It is used to treat rheumatic pain in the waist and knees, leg weakness and muscle spasms, stranguria with blood, stranguria with urine, hematuria, amenorrhea in women, and abdominal masses.

[Pharmacological Research] Animal experiments have shown that the water decoction and fluid extract can cause the uterus of experimental animals to contract strongly, and have anti-fertility effects and a certain blood circulation effect. Oral administration of ecdysterone can promote bile secretion in rats, increase the content of bile acid and bilirubin, and reduce the cholesterol content; it can also inhibit hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia in rats induced by WR-1339, and also has an inhibitory effect on experimental arteriosclerosis in rabbits.

[Chemical composition] Contains steroid compounds such as amaranthone, ferulic acid, bioalkali, Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharide, and β-ecdysterone.

[Contraindications] Use with caution in pregnant women and those with heavy menstruation.

[Related prescriptions] ① Treat dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea due to blood stasis: 10 grams of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata, 12 grams of Chinese angelica, 6 grams of safflower, 10 grams of Cyperus rotundus, and 30 grams of Leonurus japonicus. Decoction in water. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records, 1979)

②For the treatment of osteomalacia: 250g each of Rhizoma Achyranthis Bidentatae, processed Radix Aconitum and processed Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, and 500g of safflower. Mix them into powder and take 1 gram three times a day. 40 days is one course of treatment. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

③Treatment of sequelae of polio: 9 grams of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata, 7 earthworms, 1 gram of Strychnos nux vomica (fried until yellow). Grind into fine powder and divide into 7 packets. Take 1 packet every night before going to bed, with rice wine. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines)

④ Treat painful urination, or hematuria, or pain and swelling caused by sand and stones: 30 grams of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata, 2 cups of water, boil 1 cup, and drink while warm. ("Compendium of Materia Medica" quoted "Zhizhi Fang")

⑤Treatment of heat stranguria: 12 grams of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata, 9 grams each of Chinese Angelica sinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Gardenia jasminoides. Decoction in water. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)