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Paris polyphylla is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is slightly cold and slightly toxic, but has excellent effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is often used to treat sore throat or insect bites. So many times we try to recognize and understand the health benefits of the Chinese medicinal material Paris polyphylla. It can be very effective in helping us treat and relieve some carbuncle, swelling, and sore throat problems in our body.

Paris polyphylla, the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried rhizome of Polygonum multiflorum or Polygonum multiflorum of the Liliaceae family. It tastes bitter and is slightly cold in nature; it is slightly poisonous. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming the nerves. It is often used for furuncles, carbuncles, sore throat, snake and insect bites, injuries from falls, and convulsions.

Selection

1. To treat snake bites, swollen and painful fingers (toes): mash Paris polyphylla, Chrysanthemum indica and Rhizoma Coptidis together and add wine for external application.

2. To treat otitis media: take appropriate amount of Paris polyphylla root, mash it, extract the juice and add a little wine to drip into the ear.

3. To treat scrofula: Take appropriate amount of Paris polyphylla, mash it and apply it to the affected area.

4. To treat unknown swelling and infection: take appropriate amount of Paris polyphylla root, mash it, add wine and apply to the affected area.

5. To treat bruises and sprains: mash the whole herb of Paris polyphylla, stew it in wine and apply it to the affected area.

6. To treat carbuncle and furuncle: mash the whole herb of Paris polyphylla and apply externally.

7. Treatment of hemangioma: Grind the underground stems of Paris polyphylla with rice wine (or liquor), and apply it externally 3-4 times a day. This product is poisonous and should not be taken internally. Use it externally in appropriate amounts.

Common counterfeits

1. Bistort is the dried rhizome of the Polygonum bistorta L. of the Polygonaceae family. In a few areas such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is mixed with Fritillaria cirrhosa and used as Tripterygium w The dried rhizome is cylindrical, curved like a shrimp, 6-15cm long, 1-2.5cm in diameter, with both ends rounded or slightly thin. The surface is purple-brown or purple-black, slightly rough, with dense links and root marks, one side is raised, the other side is relatively flat or slightly grooved, hard and not easy to break, the cross section is brown-red, with yellow-white vascular bundle dots arranged in discontinuous rings. It has a faint smell and a bitter taste.

2. Polygonum viviparum is the dried rhizome of Polygonum polygonumviviparum L., a plant of the Polygonaceae family. Distributed in Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places. The rhizome is lumpy or irregularly flat and cylindrical, sometimes curved like a shrimp, 3-4cm long and 0.7-1.5cm in diameter. The surface is brown-black, densely segmented, hard and not easy to break, the cross section is nearly flat, gray-brown or light brown, and there are 15-20 vascular bundles arranged in a ring.

3. Dieffenbachia (White River Plant) is the dried rhizome of Dieffenbachia Rohdeajaponica Roth, a plant of the Liliaceae family.

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of Paris polyphylla. If we have a reasonable understanding of the health care knowledge of these medicinal materials, they can have a better effect on our physical health and the treatment of some diseases. They can also solve the problems of snake and insect bites, injuries from falls, convulsions, and can also treat hemangiomas.