The efficacy and function of Evodia rutaecarpa, its medicinal value is great

Evodia rutaecarpa is a common Chinese medicine that can treat stomach cold, liver deficiency, headache, vomiting, etc. Evodia rutaecarpa has more functions when combined with many other medicinal materials. It can treat cough and diarrhea together with dried ginger. It should be used reasonably under the guidance of a doctor.

1. Efficacy and function of Evodia rutaecarpa

Evodia rutaecarpa tastes pungent and bitter, is hot in nature, slightly toxic, and enters the liver, stomach, spleen, large intestine, and kidney meridians. Dispel cold and relieve pain; soothe the liver and relieve qi; warm the middle and dry dampness. It is used to treat cold pain in the abdomen; headache in the Jueyin meridians; hernia pain; swollen and painful athlete's foot; vomiting and acid regurgitation, and diarrhea due to cold and dampness.

2. Basic introduction of Evodia rutaecarpa

Evodia rutaecarpa is the immature fruit of the Rutaceae plants Evodia rutaecarpa, Evodia rutaecarpa and Evodia rutaecarpa hairy veins. It is usually divided into several varieties, including large-flowered Evodia rutaecarpa, medium-flowered Evodia rutaecarpa and small-flowered Evodia rutaecarpa. The nearly ripe fruits of Evodia rutaecarpa and its varieties are commonly used in Chinese medicine.

3. How to choose Evodia rutaecarpa

The fruit is pentagonal and oblate, with a diameter of 2 to 5 mm. The surface is dark yellow-green to brown, rough, with dot-like protrusions or sunken oil spots. There is a five-pointed star-shaped fissure at the top, and the base still has fruit stalks covered with yellow hairs. Hard and brittle. The aroma is rich and the taste is spicy and bitter.

4. Drug application

1. Evodia rutaecarpa and dried ginger both have the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, and are used to treat symptoms such as cold stagnation in the middle burner, cold pain in the abdomen, etc. The two medicines are often used together. However, dried ginger can still warm the upper part of the body, warm the lung meridian, transform fluid and relieve cough; Evodia rutaecarpa can also warm the lower part of the body, warm the liver to treat abdominal pain caused by cold hernia, assist kidney yang to treat cold diarrhea, and warm the blood to treat amenorrhea.

2. Evodia rutaecarpa, Coptis chinensis, and ginger all have antiemetic effects. However, Evodia rutaecarpa warms the liver and treats the bitter vomiting caused by liver cold invading the stomach, while ginger can warm the middle and treat the vomiting of water caused by stomach cold.