What are the effects, functions and contraindications of Wulingzhi

Wulingzhi is a kind of animal feces and also a traditional Chinese medicine that can be used as medicine together with other medicines. Wulingzhi has many functions and effects, and the application of Wulingzhi is different for different diseases. Many women with dysmenorrhea can also take Wulingzhi to relieve dysmenorrhea.

1. Strengthen the spleen and eliminate stagnation

Wulingzhi is sweet and warm and enters the spleen meridian, so it can strengthen the spleen, warm the cold and eliminate accumulation. It can be used to treat cold accumulation and infantile malnutrition. For example, "Kaibao Materia Medica" says: "It treats the five types of malnutrition in children." "Bencao Mengquan" says: "It eliminates malnutrition and ascariasis in children." Malnutrition in children is mostly caused by irregular diet, early weaning, improper feeding, imbalance after illness, excessive drug attack, and worm accumulation, which damage the spleen and stomach function, deplete body fluids, and cannot digest food and water. Over time, stagnation of body fluids generates heat, which becomes malnutrition. Using this product to strengthen the spleen and eliminate accumulation can cure malnutrition.

2. About the treatment of dysmenorrhea

This product can both dissolve blood stasis and relieve spasms for patients with dysmenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain caused by both blood stasis and qi stagnation. Clinical use has shown it to be effective, confirming that the ancient observations were correct.

3. Anticoagulation and flow enhancement

Its aqueous extract can significantly inhibit the aggregation of rabbit platelets induced by ADP and collagen in vitro, and promote fibrinolysis.

Its decoction can significantly increase coronary flow in anesthetized dogs, reduce coronary resistance, and has a good effect on improving experimental microcirculation.

4. Anti-inflammatory and immune-enhancing

Its aqueous extract has a strong anti-inflammatory effect. This may be related to the inhibition of prostaglandin E synthesis or release. This product has the effect of enhancing immune function.

5. Improve microcirculation

Patients with blood stasis often show microcirculation disorders. For example, patients with coronary heart disease, vasculitis, endometriosis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, scleroderma, etc., all have microcirculation disorders. The degree of microcirculation disorders with obvious clinical manifestations of blood stasis is also more serious.

6. Contraindications of Wulingzhi: People with blood deficiency without blood stasis and pregnant women should use Wulingzhi with caution. "Bencao Jingshu" said: "Abdominal pain due to thin blood, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency, dizziness due to excessive blood loss after childbirth, pain due to heart deficiency and fire, and diseases without blood stasis are all to be avoided." Wulingzhi should not be used together with ginseng.