The effect of reed root water

There are many scenes of reed marshes in the movie Little Soldier Zhang Ga. The root of the reed is reed root, which is a traditional Chinese medicine. I wonder if you have paid attention to the ingredient list of Chinese patent cold medicines. Chinese patent medicines for wind-heat colds generally contain reed root, which has the effect of clearing heat from the body. As a traditional Chinese medicine, fresh reed root can be used. If there is no fresh reed root, dried reed root can also be used. Fresh reed root has better medicinal effect.

Reed roots are found all over the country. Reed roots like to grow in places with water, and reed roots in running water are the best. The root of reed is long cylindrical or flat cylindrical, with a diameter of about 1.5 cm. The surface is yellow-white, the entire reed root has nodes, and the middle is hollow. There is a peelable skin on the outside.

Medicinal value of reed root

Reed root is sweet in taste, cold in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It tastes sweet and contains a lot of liquid. It is good at nourishing yin and nourishing the lungs. It can eliminate phlegm and pus, clear away heat and relieve rashes. It can clear stomach heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst. It can also promote urination and conduct heat downward. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it can "clear away heat and produce body fluid, relieve restlessness and quench thirst, stop vomiting, purge stomach fire, and facilitate defecation and urination." It is often used for high fever, thirst, stomach heat vomiting, lung heat cough, thick and yellow phlegm, and uncomfortable vomiting in febrile diseases. It is effective for pharyngitis, vocal cord fatigue, stomatitis, periodontitis, etc.

Sun Simiao, a pharmacist in the Tang Dynasty, left behind a recipe for cooling down and relieving summer heat - Ophiopogon japonicus and Reed Root Soup. This recipe uses less medicine and has good preventive and therapeutic effects on summer sweating, dizziness, dry throat, depression, constipation, etc. whether it is decocted as a soup or drunk with boiling water. Modern medicine has proven that fresh reed roots contain protein, vitamins B1, B2, C, asparagine, polysaccharides, furfural and water-soluble sugars. It has antipyretic, analgesic, immunity-enhancing, blood pressure-lowering, sedative, and anti-tumor effects. It can be used for diseases such as fever, thirst, pneumonia, lung abscess, and tracheitis.

How to eat reed root

Reed root water: 1 liang of reed root (fresh or dried), boil a bowl of water and add appropriate amount of rock sugar for oral administration, once a day, on an empty stomach in the morning, for 1 week. Suitable for bad breath caused by internal heat and stomach fire. Efficacy: Clears heat and detoxifies.

Reed root is cold in nature, and reed root water is generally used to treat fever, which is what modern Western medicine calls inflammatory diseases. Reeds are distributed all over the country. Reed roots are easy to obtain and can be dug up and taken home at any time to make reed root water. It is better to use white fresh reed roots instead of black ones. Reed root water can also prevent colds.