What are the effects and functions of Eucommia ulmoides?

Eucommia ulmoides is sweet and slightly spicy in nature. It is clinically used to treat low back and knee pain, rheumatic pain, etc. It can also strengthen muscles and bones, lower blood pressure and stabilize the fetus. It can also remove waste from the body and enhance human metabolism.

1. Sweet, slightly spicy, warm in nature. Enters the liver meridian and kidney meridian. It is mainly used to treat low back pain, rheumatic pain, fetal movement disorder, habitual abortion, etc.

2. It has many functions such as nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones, lowering blood pressure, and stabilizing pregnancy. It is suitable for patients with hypertension, women with habitual miscarriage, patients with sequelae of polio, and those with insufficient kidney qi. However, those with yin deficiency and excess fire should take it with caution.

3. Eucommia ulmoides has the remarkable effects of clearing out waste from the body, strengthening the metabolism of human cell substances, preventing muscle and bone aging, balancing human blood pressure, decomposing cholesterol in the body, reducing body fat, restoring blood vessel elasticity, diuretic and heat-clearing, broad-spectrum antibacterial, stimulating the central nervous system, increasing the number of white blood cells, and enhancing human immunity.

4. Eucommia ulmoides and Achyranthes bidentata can nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the tendons and bones. It is often used to treat low back and leg pain and weakness in the feet caused by liver and kidney deficiency.

5. Eucommia ulmoides has the effect of stabilizing the fetus. It can be used to treat symptoms such as bleeding and fetal movement disorder during pregnancy. It is also often used to treat women with habitual miscarriage. It is recommended to choose Eucommia ulmoides, a good medicine for prenatal care, under the diagnosis of a doctor.

6. However, those with Yin deficiency and excess fire should take it with caution. It is not suitable for people with kidney deficiency and fire. It is forbidden to use in case of internal heat and dryness of essence and blood.