What are the effects and functions of Yuanhu

Yuanhu, also known as Corydalis yanhusuo, is a herb. Clinically, Yuanhu has many functions and effects, and has certain analgesic effects. Yuanhu has some benefits for both men and women. Yuanhu can also relieve women's dysmenorrhea.

1. Yuanhu is warm in nature, bitter in taste, and enters the heart, spleen, liver, and lungs. It is a wonderful product for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain. It is especially famous for its analgesic effect. It can also be used to treat pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis in various parts of the body, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, postpartum blood stasis, injuries from falls, and hernia pain. Decoction in water.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Yuanhu has the properties of pungent and dispersing, bitter and laxative, and warming and unblocking. It enters both the blood and the qi, and can circulate the qi in the blood and the blood in the qi. When the qi and blood flow smoothly, there will be no pain. Clinically proven, this product has a stronger analgesic effect than frankincense, myrrh, and aconite, and is a good analgesic among traditional Chinese medicines. It is particularly effective for epigastric pain and menstrual abdominal pain, and the effect is better when used in combination. For example, it can be used with Chuanlianzi to treat qi stagnation, blood stasis, and abdominal pain; it can be used with fennel, orange seed, litchi seed, and Linderae scutellariae to treat hernia pain; it can be used with angelica, Chuanxiong, cinnamon twig, and red peony root to treat blood stasis and pain in the limbs; it can be used with angelica, Chuanxiong, white peony root, and Cyperus rotundus to treat dysmenorrhea. Yuanhu is usually processed with vinegar and then crushed for use as medicine, which can increase the solubility of the active ingredients in the decoction and thus enhance the therapeutic effect.

3. 15 kinds of bioalkalis can be isolated from Yuanhu, among which corydalis terpenoids, corydalis terpenoids, cenopalmitoyl cyanamide and danoyl cyanamide all have analgesic effects, especially corydalis terpenoids, which have the most significant analgesic and sedative effects. It is a racemic tetrahydropalmitine, with the same type of molecular structure as berberine. It has a synergistic effect with barbiturates and can counteract the central nervous system excitatory effects of amphetamine and caffeine. Tetrahydropalmatine also has an anti-5-HT effect. Tetrahydropalmatine can also increase the weight of the thyroid gland. Dehydrocorydalis A can increase coronary blood flow and myocardial nutritional blood flow, and prevent myocardial ischemia. Subcutaneous injection of dehydrogenated corydalis has a certain protective effect on experimental gastric ulcers in rats, especially gastric ulcers induced by pyloric ligation or aspirin, and has an inhibitory effect on gastric juice secretion and gastric acid.