The efficacy and function of raw Anemarrhena

Anemarrhena asphodeloides is a very common Chinese medicinal material. It is widely used in daily life and is therefore deeply loved by people. It can moisten the lungs and produce fluid, clear away heat and reduce fire, nourish yin and tonify the kidney, etc. It is especially effective in treating febrile diseases. Friends in need can try it. There are many differences in the effects of raw Anemarrhena asphodeloides and cooked Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and the types of diseases that can be treated are also different.

1. Effects of Raw Anemarrhena

Simply put, Anemarrhena asphodeloides has the effects of clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness. It can treat exogenous febrile diseases, high fever and thirst, lung heat and dry cough, bone steaming and hot flashes, internal heat and thirst, intestinal dryness and constipation. It is used for exogenous febrile diseases, high fever and thirst, lung heat and dry cough, bone steaming and hot flashes, internal heat and thirst, and dry intestines and constipation.

Among them, Anemarrhena asphodeloides is used for thirst caused by fever. This product is sweet, cold and moist in nature. It is good at clearing away the excess heat in the lungs and stomach, and relieving restlessness and quenching thirst. It is used for symptoms of lung and stomach heat such as excessive evil heat in febrile diseases, high fever, thirst, and a strong pulse. It is often used together with gypsum, such as Baihu Decoction.

Anemarrhena asphodeloides is used for cough due to lung heat and dry cough due to yin deficiency. This product can clear away lung fire, nourish yin and moisten the lungs. It is used for lung heat cough, yellow and sticky phlegm, often used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Fritillaria thunbergii, and Arisaema consanguineum; or for yin deficiency and dry cough, dry cough with little phlegm, it is often used together with Fritillaria thunbergii, such as Ermu Powder.

Anemarrhena asphodeloides is used for bone steaming and hot flashes. This product can nourish kidney yin, moisten kidney dryness and relieve bone steaming, so it has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire. It is used for symptoms such as yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, bone steaming, hot flashes, night sweats, and irritability. It is often used together with Phellodendron chinense and added to yin-nourishing medicines to enhance the effects of nourishing yin and reducing fire, such as Zhibai Dihuang Pills.

Anemarrhena asphodeloides is used for thirst due to yin deficiency, and constipation due to dry intestines. This product has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. It is used to treat diabetes caused by internal heat damaging body fluids and thirst leading to drinking. It is often used together with Radix Trichosanthis, Radix Puerariae, etc., such as Yuye Decoction. It is used for constipation caused by dry intestines, and is often used together with raw Polygonum multiflorum, Chinese angelica, and hemp seed, and it also has the effect of moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements.

2. Functions and indications:

Nourish yin and reduce fire, moisten dryness and lubricate the intestines. It is used to treat restlessness, thirst, bone steaming, fatigue fever, lung heat cough, dry stool and difficulty urinating.

It is used for febrile diseases, symptoms of lung and stomach heat such as excessive pathogenic heat, high fever, thirst, and a strong pulse. Anemarrhena asphodeloides has the effects of clearing away heat, purging fire and relieving restlessness. It has a synergistic effect when used with gypsum, such as Baihu Decoction.

It is used for cough due to lung heat, dry cough due to yin deficiency, thick phlegm, etc. This product has the effect of clearing away lung fire, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. It is often used together with Fritillaria to clear the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, namely Ermu Powder.