Siegesbeckia sibiricum

Siegesbeckia is actually very common in daily life. Although many people have seen this plant, they don’t know much about it. Siegesbeckia is a Chinese herbal medicine with high medicinal value. Siegesbeckia can not only be used as a Chinese medicine, but also can be used to make tea. The medicinal effects are very good. Siegesbeckia has the effect of delaying aging and has many benefits for human skin.

The efficacy and function of Chinese herbal medicine Siegesbeckia sibiricum

Siegesbeckia has the effects of removing rheumatism, unblocking meridians, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is used for rheumatic pain, stiffness of tendons and bones, weakness of waist and knees, hemiplegia, hypertension, malaria, jaundice, carbuncle, sore, urticaria, and insect and animal bites. It can clear away heat, detoxify, eliminate rheumatism, benefit joints, dispel wind and dampness, promote tendons and activate collaterals, and calm the mind; it is used for rheumatic joint pain, weakness in the waist and knees, numbness of the limbs, hemiplegia, neurasthenia, sores, boils, swelling and other symptoms.

Modern pharmacological research shows that Siegesbeckia has anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, antihypertensive, vasodilatory, anti-thrombotic, mesenteric microcirculation promoting, antibacterial and antiviral effects. It has an inhibitory effect on mouse malaria parasites. Siegesbeckia has an anti-early pregnancy effect.

Research on the components and modern pharmacology of Siegesbeckia serrata: The main stem contains daustoside, daustogenin, daustolide lactones, daustolide aldehyde lactones, etc. The whole herb of Siegesbeckia serrata contains daustoside, daustol, daustoic acid, sitosterol and carotene, etc. The whole herb of Siegesbeckia trichol contains daustoside alcohol, daustoside, daustoside neoside, etc.

Daily usage of Siegesbeckia: Daily dosage is 8-12g, decocted in water and applied externally in appropriate amount. Take 25g each of Herba Siegesbeckiae, Herba Prunellae, and Herba Viscums, 6g each of Chrysanthemum and Gentiana, decoct in water, remove the residue, and take with warm water. Can lower blood pressure. Roast the herb first, grind it into fine powder, and make it into pills with refined honey, the size of sycamore seeds. Take 5 pills each time, with hot soup. Take equal parts of Siegesbeckia scabra, clover, thistle and garlic. First, mash the above 4 Chinese herbs, add 1 cup of hot wine and remove the residue. Take the juice and drink it. The effect will be immediate when you sweat.

Taboos of Siegesbeckia: Do not cook it in an iron pan. Do not overdose to avoid vomiting. Use with caution if you have insufficient yin and blood.

Medicinal value of Siegesbeckia sibiricum

1. Treat wind, cold and dampness which lead to numbness of blood vessels, numbness of limbs, soreness of waist and knees, dry stool and constipation. It is suitable for long-term use for gout, painful arthralgia, damp phlegm, wind-heat, and prevention of stroke and paralysis: take any amount of Siegesbeckia sibiricum, remove the stems and take the leaves, dry them in the sun, mix them with old wine, steam them and dry them, mix them again and steam them again, repeat this method nine times. Dry in the sun, grind into fine powder, store and use, make into honey pills, four or five cents of which are taken with warm wine on an empty stomach in the morning. (Xishen Powder from the Collection of Prescriptions for Living People)

2. To treat leprosy and weak legs: one catty of Siegesbeckia scabra (the red stems are collected in May, dried in the shade, and steamed nine times with clean leaves and honey wine and dried nine times), one ounce each of Chinese angelica, peony, and rehmannia glutinosa, six ounces of Chuanwu (processed with black beans), one ounce each of Notopterygium wilfordii and Saposhnikovia divaricata. Grind into powder and make into pills with honey. Take 2 qian each time, on an empty stomach with warm wine. (Xishen Pills from Zhang's Medical Encyclopedia)

3. To treat symptoms such as facial paralysis, paralysis of hands and feet, slurred speech, drooling from the corners of the mouth, spasms of muscles and bones, weakness of waist and legs caused by stroke: 3 jin of Siegesbeckia (steamed with wine and dried nine times), 2 Agkistrodon acutus, 8 liang each of ginseng, astragalus, wolfberry, Chuanxiong, Atractylodes macrocephala, and Angelica sinensis, 4 liang each of Xanthium sibiricum, Chuanxiong, Polygonum multiflorum, and Pinellia tuber (all the above medicines are stir-fried with wine), 2 liang of agarwood (do not expose to fire). There are thirteen ingredients in total, all ground into fine powder and made into pills with refined honey as big as sycamore seeds. Take three grams each morning and evening, with white soup. (《Fangmai Zhengzong》)

4. To treat malaria: 1 liang of dried herb Siegesbeckia sibiricum. Take one dose per day, decoct twice, for three consecutive days.