What are the effects of Bupleurum chinense?

Among various Chinese medicinal materials, Bupleurum chinense is very common, but many people do not know what the effects of Bupleurum chinense are. Even if they are feeling unwell or are threatened or harmed by disease, they are unable to regulate and treat it correctly. In fact, the medicinal value of Bupleurum chinense is very high, and it can play many functions and effects, especially the effect of clearing away heat cannot be ignored.

Aliases

Silver bark, mountain vegetable root, beef tripe root, adenophora, white root, and wild ginseng.

Origin

Silver Bupleurum was first recorded in "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica". It is named because the plant resembles Bupleurum and the ones produced in Yinchuan are of good quality. It is the dried root of the perennial herb Bupleurum chinense of the Caryophyllaceae family. It is mainly produced in Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places. Grows wild in dry grasslands and hillsides.

Harvesting and processing

Dig up the plants when they sprout in spring and summer or when the stems and leaves wither in autumn, remove the fibrous roots and mud, wash and dry them. Slice and use raw.

Nature and flavor

The best ones are those with uniform thickness and length, fine and solid skin, gray-yellow outer skin, yellow-white cross-section and the effect and function of chrysanthemum.

According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the acid-insoluble ash content of this product shall not exceed 5.0%.

Sweet, slightly cold. It enters the liver and stomach meridians.

effect

Clears away heat from the body and eliminates malnutrition fever.

Traditional applications

1. Yin deficiency fever

This product is sweet and cold in nature, nourishes yin, clears heat and cools blood, reduces fever without being bitter and purgative, regulates yin without rising, and has a mild nature. It is an excellent product for reducing deficiency heat and eliminating bone steaming. It is used for yin deficiency fever, bone steaming, fatigue fever, hot flashes and night sweats, etc. It is often used with Rehmannia glutinosa, Artemisia annua, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, etc., such as Qinggu Powder in "Zhengzhi Zhunsheng". If warm evil injures yin, causing yin deficiency, hot flashes, emaciation, and dry skin, it can be used in combination with turtle shell, such as Yinjia Powder in "Zhigui Zhigui for Warm Syndromes".

2. Malnutrition and fever

This product can eliminate malnutrition fever. It is used for malnutrition fever, abdominal distension, thirst, weight loss, and dry hair caused by food stagnation or worm accumulation in children. It is often used together with picrorhizome, chicken gizzard lining, and quisqualis. It can also be used in combination with gardenia, ginseng, and mint, such as Chaihu Qinggan Decoction in "Zhengzhi Zhunsheng".

The above article gives a clear introduction to the effects of Silver Bupleurum, and I believe everyone has a clear idea of ​​it. Although various Chinese medicines have relatively few side effects and are very low in toxicity, they should not be used without the doctor's consent. You must take the medicine according to your health condition and in accordance with the indications of the medicine in order to achieve better results after taking the medicine.