Effects of Bupleurum

We often call Bupleurum chinense wild vegetable, firewood, mushroom grass or ground smoke. Bupleurum chinense is a very famous herb. We often see Bupleurum chinense in the treatment of many diseases. Bupleurum chinense has many effects and functions. We will introduce to you some of the main medicinal properties of Bupleurum chinense below. I hope that you will make better use of Bupleurum chinense after understanding it.

The function of Bupleurum is to soothe the liver. Bupleurum is a very good Chinese herbal medicine for protecting the liver. Bupleurum can also have the effect of raising yang. Bupleurum can be used to treat symptoms such as irregular menstruation and liver depression and qi stagnation.

Bupleurum is a herbal medicine included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. It is the dried root of Bupleurum or Bupleurum chinense of the Umbelliferae family. According to their different properties, they are commonly known as Northern Bupleurum and Southern Bupleurum. Dig up in spring and autumn, remove stems, leaves and mud, and dry.

Bupleurum is a commonly used antipyretic drug. Also known as ground smoked grass, mountain vegetable, mushroom grass, and firewood. It is bitter in nature and slightly cold. It enters the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of reconciling the exterior and interior, soothing the liver, and raising yang. It is used for colds and fevers, alternating chills and fever, malaria, liver depression and qi stagnation, chest and rib pain, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse, and irregular menstruation.

Bupleurum was first recorded in Shennong's Herbal Classic and listed as a top-grade herb. The plant morphology of Bupleurum has been recorded in many herbal books of various dynasties.

⑴ Antipyretic, active ingredients: volatile oil (eugenol, caproic acid, r-undecanoic acid lactone and p-methoxybenzone), bupleurum saponin (sapogenin A). Effect: It has a significant antipyretic effect on fever caused by typhoid, paratyphoid vaccine, E. coli liquid, fermented milk, yeast, etc.; and can lower the normal body temperature of animals. The commercial Bupleurum decoction 2g/kg was administered intragastrically to rabbits, which had a significant antipyretic effect on fever caused by vaccines and warm acupuncture.

⑵Anti-inflammatory, active ingredient: saponin. Effect: It has an inhibitory effect on ankle joint swelling and connective tissue proliferative inflammation caused by a variety of inflammatory agents. Intraperitoneal injection of 300 mg/kg of saikosaponin can inhibit the swelling of the rat paws caused by carrageenan, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and histamine, inhibit the cotton ball granuloma of rats, and at the same time cause adrenal hypertrophy and thymus atrophy; inhibit the release of histamine in inflammatory tissues and the migration of leukocytes.

⑶ Promote immune function, active ingredient: Bupleurum polysaccharide. Effect: Enhanced phagocytic function, enhanced natural killer cell function, increased virus-specific antibody titer, increased lymphocyte translocation rate, and increased skin delayed allergic reaction.

⑷ Anti-liver damage: subcutaneous injection of 1 ml/rat of Bupleurum injection (concentration 1:1) for 5 consecutive days can significantly reduce the increase in serum GPT in rats caused by carbon tetrachloride, and also significantly alleviate liver cell degeneration and necrosis. The glycogen and ribonucleic acid contents in liver cells are also close to normal.

⑸ Anti-radiation damage: intraperitoneal injection of 5 mg/mouse Bupleurum polysaccharide can improve the survival rate of irradiated mice, increase the incorporation of 3H-TdR in mouse thymocytes, accelerate the release of thymocytes, and at the same time increase the plasma epithelium. The ketone content increased, and these symptoms no longer occurred after adrenal removal, so it is believed that this is achieved through the adrenal cortex. In addition, it has anti-tuberculosis effect in vitro. Progress in pharmacological action research: connected with the Chinese medicine pharmacology research database.

Above we introduced a Chinese herbal medicine Bupleurum, which can play a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role for many diseases. The effect of Bupleurum is very wide. We can use Bupleurum to treat malaria, cold and fever, rectal prolapse, liver depression and qi stagnation, and irregular menstruation and other symptoms. Bupleurum can also improve our immunity and resist radiation.