What are the effects and functions of night vine?

Getting sick is always inevitable in daily life. Even if preventive measures are taken sometimes, when human health is threatened by disease, it is necessary to receive correct treatment as soon as possible. Traditional Chinese medicine therapy is often used in life. It has many advantages, especially its low toxicity and few side effects, which have attracted much attention. However, it must also meet the indications. So what are the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum?

(I) The role of Polygonum multiflorum

Used for insomnia due to deficiency and restlessness.

Polygonum multiflorum has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the mind. It is mainly used for insomnia caused by yin deficiency and blood deficiency. It is often used together with julibrissin bark, and can also be used together with jujube seed, cypress seed, and polygala tenuifolia.

cough.

Some people treat laryngeal cough by adding 15 grams of Polygonum multiflorum to the drugs such as cicada molt, bombyx batryticatus, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia divaricata, platycodon grandiflorum, tangerine peel, pinellia, peucedanum chinense, poria cocos, and licorice. The drugs are decocted in water and taken orally. It is observed that the cough-suppressing effect of those who added this drug to the prescription is more obvious than that of those who did not, indicating that Polygonum multiflorum may have the effect of suppressing cough.

Sedative and hypnotic effects.

Oral administration of the decoction of Polygonum multiflorum has a significant sedative and hypnotic effect on mice, and has a synergistic effect with subthreshold doses of sodium pentobarbital. The sleep polygraph of rats showed that the total sleep time was prolonged, mainly the slow-wave sleep phase was prolonged and the paradoxical sleep phase was shortened.

(II) The efficacy of Polygonum multiflorum

Nourishing the heart and calming the mind: Polygonum multiflorum is sweet in taste, enters the heart meridian, nourishes the heart yin, nourishes the heart mind, and therefore treats insomnia. As it is said in "Insomnia" in "Jing Yue Quan Shu": "Those who cannot sleep even if there is no evil intention must have insufficient blood in the Ying. The Ying governs the blood. If the blood is deficient, the heart cannot be nourished. If the heart is deficient, the spirit cannot stay in the body." Treatment should be to nourish the heart yin, nourish the heart blood, and calm the mind. This product is good at nourishing the heart yin. When the heart yin is not deficient and the yin and yang are in harmony, the mind is nourished and insomnia can be eliminated.

Dispel wind and dredge meridians: Polygonum multiflorum is good at moving around, and is specifically used to dispel wind, relax muscles and tendons, and treat arthritis. Wind evil is good at moving around, traveling through the meridians, making them blocked, and causing Qi and blood circulation obstruction. This can lead to pain and soreness in the joints and muscles of the limbs. The pain is migratory, not restricted to one location, and the joints are difficult to flex and extend. There is also fear of wind, fever, etc. The treatment is aimed at dispelling wind and unblocking meridians. This product has this effect, so it can be used.

Through the above introduction, everyone has a clear understanding of the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum. This medicine is very effective in calming the mind and nourishing the heart, so it can still be of great help to people with poor sleep quality or insomnia. However, when using Chinese medicine to prevent and treat diseases or regulate the body, one needs to be patient and not rush for quick results.