Trichosanthes root alias

Trichosanthes root is also known as Trichosanthes root. Trichosanthes root is the root of the green plant Trichosanthes kirilowii of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is thick, milky white, powdery, with few veins and top-quality material. It can be harvested in spring and autumn, with autumn being the best time. After removing the mud and peeling, it can be dried in the sun. It tastes sweet, a little bitter, and cool in nature.

The role and efficacy of Trichosanthes root

1. Nourishing Yin and Moistening the Lungs

Trichosanthes root is a Chinese herbal medicine that can enter the lung meridian. Nourishing yin and moistening the lungs is its main function. It can relieve human lung heat or lung dryness, and has obvious therapeutic and alleviating effects on cough, cough with sputum, wheezing and other adverse symptoms caused by lung heat and dryness. It is of great benefit to maintaining human respiratory health.

2. Improve digestion

The root of Trichosanthes has a mild texture and has a certain laxative effect. The volatile oil and some special ingredients it contains can gently stimulate the human stomach and intestines, and can promote the formation and excretion of stool in the stomach and intestines. After the occurrence of intestinal dryness and constipation, people can immediately drink Trichosanthes root decoction to restore bowel movements and quickly relieve constipation symptoms.

3. Clear away heat and relieve fire

When used as medicine, the root of Trichosanthes root can not only nourish yin and moisten the lungs, promote digestion, but also has the important effect of clearing away heat and removing fire. Because it is a traditional Chinese medicine with a cold nature, it can eliminate heat and toxins in the human body and prevent the body from getting sores in the mouth and sore throat due to excessive heat and toxins. It also has a certain regulating effect on symptoms such as bad breath and thick and greasy tongue coating.

4. Prevent blood clots

Trichosanthes root is also an important choice for preventing thrombosis in daily life, because the sugars, flavonoids and polysaccharides contained in Trichosanthes root can increase the permeability of blood vessels, increase vascular elasticity and flexibility, and it can also reduce blood viscosity, increase platelet specificity, and prevent platelets from coagulating into small pieces. In other words, taking Trichosanthes root can better prevent the formation of venous thrombosis from the root, which can significantly reduce the incidence of venous thrombosis.

5. Nutritional content: Heart

Nutritional cardioprotectionImproving human heart function is also the main function of Trichosanthes root. The sugars, active peptides, amino acids and other nutrients it contains can be absorbed and used by the human body as soon as possible, which can enhance the heart's contraction function, stabilize heartbeat and prevent heart failure.