What are the Chinese herbal medicines for treating hepatitis?

Hepatitis is a common liver disease. Many cases of hepatitis cannot be completely cured and the condition can only be controlled. For patients, in daily life, they must strengthen prevention and develop good living habits to control hepatitis within a reasonable range. Some Chinese medicines can also be used for treatment, which are very effective in lowering serum transaminase and have certain antiviral effects. There are relatively many Chinese herbal medicines in this regard.

What are the Chinese herbal medicines for treating hepatitis?

(1) Reduce serum transaminase.

After taking Schisandra chinensis, serum transaminase can be rapidly reduced, among which the enzyme reduction rate is higher in chronic hepatitis. It also has the effects of protecting the liver, promoting liver protein synthesis, liver cell regeneration, and enhancing the liver's detoxification function. Other drugs that lower transaminase include: Isatis root, gentian, yellow apple, Patrinia odorata, milk thistle, creeping vine, forsythia, wind tail grass, rhubarb, and knotweed.

(2) Anti-hepatitis B virus.

Fleur dessin, northern mountain bean root, knotweed, rhubarb, red peony root, salvia miltiorrhiza, polygonum multiflorum, wild chrysanthemum, agrimony, astragalus, curculigo, isatis root, shuanghuanglian, scutellaria, sophora flavescens, poria, shiitake mushrooms, etc.

(3) It has an inhibitory effect on "Australian resistance".

After studying the in vitro inhibition test of "Aokang", it was found that rhubarb, picrorhizome, sanguisorba officinalis, cyrtomium, licorice root, cinnamon bark, ephedra, desmodium, and knotweed had a strong inhibitory effect on it. Adenophora scabra, kelp, mistletoe, phellodendron, tea of ​​daughter's womb, tea of ​​kudingcha, pomegranate peel, bupleurum, and angelica dahurica have obvious inhibitory effects on "Australian resistance".

(4) Promotes bile secretion and relieves jaundice.

Artemisia capillaris has been used as a good medicine for treating jaundice since ancient times. It has the effects of detoxification, relieving jaundice, and protecting the liver. According to modern medical research, it can mainly induce the liver enzyme system to increase the absorption, binding and excretion capacity of bilirubin; prevent liver cell degeneration and necrosis and promote liver cell repair and regeneration; enhance the liver's detoxification function and have an antibacterial effect. At present, it is often made into "Yinweihuang Injection" with extracts of Gardenia jasminoides and Scutellaria baicalensis, which has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting dampness and relieving jaundice. It is clinically used to treat jaundice hepatitis, including acute, chronic hepatitis and severe hepatitis. Other drugs that can promote bile secretion and reduce jaundice include: Gardenia jasminoides, Isatis indigotica, Lysimachia chinensis, Rhubarb, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Paeonia lactiflora, Curcuma aromatica, Turmeric, Scutellaria baicalensis, Phellodendron chinense, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Achyranthes bidentata.

(5) Chinese medicine for improving other hepatitis symptoms:

Pain in the liver area: Salvia miltiorrhiza, Bupleurum chinense, Toosendan fruit, Papaya, Curcuma aromatica, Citrus aurantium, Angelica dahurica, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Corydalis yanhusuo, etc. If the pain in the liver area is severe and stubborn, you can use blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines, such as: Angelica sinensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Peach Kernel, Notopterygium wilfordii, Frankincense, and Myrrh.

Post-hepatitis low fever: Artemisia selengensis, Cortex Moutan, and Gentiana scabra.

Enlarged liver and spleen: Angelica sinensis, Caihu, Sichuan peony root, white peony root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, safflower, Prunella vulgaris, Sichuan socks, as well as turtle shell, oyster, Wangbuliu, almond, tangerine peel, zelan, etc.