What are the medicinal values ​​of Cundong

Cundong is a very famous Chinese herbal medicine. This kind of herb has a slight fragrance and tastes a bit sweet and slightly bitter. Now many people have begun to dig it out and dry it in the sun. It is best to make it into herbal medicine, which can help us treat many diseases. However, many people do not know much about the specific medicinal value of Cundong. Let us learn about it now.

Other names of Cundong: Ophiopogon japonicus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Sichuan Ophiopogon japonicus, Zhejiang Ophiopogon japonicus, Hangzhou Ophiopogon japonicus, Aijiu, and Renling. It is the tuberous root of the Ophiopogon japonicus plant of the Liliaceae family. Most of the products are cultivated. In Zhejiang, it is harvested at the beginning of summer in the third year after cultivation, and is called Hangzhou Ophiopogon; in Sichuan, it is harvested after Qingming Festival in the second year of cultivation, and is called Sichuan Ophiopogon. This product is spindle-shaped, slightly pointed at both ends, 1.5 to 3 cm long and 0.3 to 0.6 cm in diameter. The surface is yellowish white or light yellow with fine longitudinal lines. It is soft and tough, with a yellowish-white cross section, translucent, and a small central column. It has a slight fragrance and tastes sweet and slightly bitter.

Wild Ophiopogon japonicus is usually dug after Qingming Festival and is commonly known as wild Ophiopogon japonicus. After digging up Ophiopogon japonicus, cut off the tubers, wash off the soil, expose them to the sun for 3 to 4 days, pile them in a ventilated place to allow moisture to evaporate. After about 3 days, spread them out and expose them to the sun again. Repeat this 2 to 3 times. After drying, remove all impurities from the roots. It is the tuberous root of Ophiopogon japonicus, a plant of the Liliaceae family. It is mainly used to treat dry cough due to lung dryness, vomiting blood, hemoptysis, pulmonary tuberculosis, lung abscess, fatigue, restlessness and fever, thirst, loss of body fluid due to febrile disease, dry throat and mouth, and constipation. Efficacy: Nourishes yin and produces body fluid, moistens the lungs and relieves cough: It is used for symptoms such as thirst, dry cough and hemoptysis caused by lung and stomach yin deficiency; palpitations and easy fright caused by insufficient heart yin; and damage to body fluid by heat in the late stage of fever. Combined with Adenophora Root and Fritillaria cirrhosa, it can treat dry cough due to lung yin deficiency. It is used in combination with black plum, schisandra chinensis, etc. to treat gastric juice loss, dry mouth and stomach heat. Chinese medicine dosage: 10-15 grams

Cundong is a perennial herb of the Liliaceae family, mainly produced in Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. We start digging them up in the summer, and then expose them to the sun repeatedly. After they are dried, they can be used. It can help nourish the stomach and produce saliva, and the effect is very good.