What are the effects of Yuanhu

Many people don’t know much about Yuanhu. In fact, Yuanhu, also known as Corydalis, is a relatively traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is often used for pain relief in life. In addition to the analgesic effect, it has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispersing blood stasis and regulating qi. It can be used to make tea and has health care effects. It can also be used to make wine, and it is also effective in preventing female dysmenorrhea.

1. The efficacy and function of Yuanhu

Promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, dispersing blood stasis and regulating qi are the main effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Yuanhu. It is usually used to treat many common diseases such as low back and knee pain, menstrual abdominal pain, joint swelling and pain, and abdominal pain. The analgesic effect is very obvious. In addition, the traditional Chinese medicine Yuanhu can also promote blood circulation, promote qi and promote urination.

2. Yuanhu can be used to make tea

There are many ways to consume the Chinese medicine Yuanhu. It can be used directly to make tea. When brewing, you need 10 grams of Yuanhu and 3 grams of scented tea. Put them together in a teacup and brew it once with boiling water. The medicinal materials can be brewed repeatedly many times. Drinking the original pot of tea frequently can have many effects such as regulating qi, relieving pain, activating blood circulation and relieving depression.

3. Yuanhu can be used to make wine

Soaking in wine is also one of the common ways to eat Yuanhu. Usually, you can take 15 grams of Yuanhu, 15 grams of angelica powder, 15 grams of safflower, and finally prepare one kilogram of white wine. Grind the prepared Chinese medicinal materials into powder, put them in a gauze bag, put them in a clean wine bottle, add white wine to soak, and store them for seven days. Then remove the medicine bag, filter the white wine to get the medicinal wine, and then take it directly. It has a good therapeutic effect on female dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation, as well as swelling and pain caused by injuries.

4. Taboos of Yuanhu

People with blood heat and qi deficiency and pregnant women are forbidden to take Yuanhu. In addition, people with postpartum blood deficiency and scanty menstrual blood should not take Yuanhu.

Chinese patent medicine

1. Songdan Yuanhu Liniment

1. Action category: This product is an over-the-counter drug for surgical furuncle.

2. Functions and indications: Clearing away heat and detoxifying, regulating qi and relieving pain. Suitable for mild cases of carbuncle.

3. Usage and Dosage: For external use only. Wash with warm water, then apply the medicine to the affected area, applying above the swollen surface, 1 to 3 times a day.

2. Yuanhu painkiller tablets

1. Prescription: Corydalis yanhusuo (made with vinegar) 445g, Angelica dahurica 223g. Auxiliary ingredients are starch, talcum powder, magnesium stearate, gelatin, sucrose, food coloring (tartrazine), and white vinegar.

2. Properties: This product is a colored sugar-coated tablet (or film-coated tablet). After removing the coating, it is brown in color; it has a fragrant smell and a bitter taste.

3. Preparation method: Take 166g of Angelica dahurica and grind it into fine powder. Grind the remaining Angelica dahurica and Corydalis yanhusuo into coarse powder. Soak them in three times the amount of 60% ethanol for 24 hours, heat and reflux for 3 hours, collect the extract, add twice the amount of 60% ethanol and heat and reflux for 2 hours, collect the extract, combine the two extracts, filter, concentrate the filtrate into a thick paste, add the above fine powder, make it into granules, press it into 1000 tablets, and coat it with sugar or film.

4. Functions and indications: regulating qi, promoting blood circulation, and relieving pain. Used for stomachache, flank pain, headache and dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis.