Scutellaria baicalensis meridians

Bupleurum has a wide antibacterial spectrum. In vitro tests show that it has inhibitory effects on streptococci and Gram-negative bacteria. It is also effective against influenza viruses and skin fungi. It has good effects in clinical medicine in the treatment of viral eye diseases and respiratory infections. Animal experiments have shown that the decoction has anti-infection, immunity-boosting and sedative antipyretic effects; the extract has the effect of inhibiting the growth of HIV-1. Let’s take a look at the effects of Chaihu Guijing below.

Medicinal value of Bupleurum

1. Clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing dampness: It is used for damp-heat fever, chest tightness and shortness of breath, dry mouth and loss of appetite, as well as cold-damp diarrhea, jaundice and other symptoms. For damp-heat fever, it can be used in combination with feldspar, white cardamom, coix seed, etc. For cold-damp diarrhea and abdominal pain, it can be used together with red peony root, poria, licorice, etc. For jaundice caused by cold-damp accumulation, it can be used together with artemisia capillaris, gardenia, and lophatherum gracile.

2. Dispel heat and toxins: It is used for heat syndrome, high fever, thirst, wind-heat cough, excessive heat forcing blood to flow out, and heat-toxic sores. It is often used with Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, etc. to treat heat syndrome and high fever. It can be used with Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Morus alba bark, etc. to treat wind-heat cough. It can be used with Rehmannia glutinosa, Paeonia suffruticosa, Platycladus orientalis to treat blood heat. It can be used with honeysuckle tea, Forsythia suspensa, etc. for heat-toxic sores.

Medicinal value of Bupleurum

1. Anti-infection effect: Baicalin and baicalein have obvious inhibitory effects on joint inflammation. Baicalein has obvious inhibitory effects on rheumatoid arthritis and γ-hemoprotein conversion. Its mechanism of action is similar to that of D-penicillamine.

2. Antibacterial effect: Bupleurum flavonoids and polysaccharide components have obvious broad-spectrum antibacterial, antiviral and anti-amoeba effects, but there are also reports that Bupleurum has no significant antibacterial effect, or has poor antibacterial effect.

3. Anticoagulant effect: Bupleurum flavonoids have a strong effect in inhibiting platelet aggregation and can inhibit the conversion of fibrinogen into free fatty acids, thus having an anticoagulant effect.

4. Effect of nourishing the fetus: Bupleurum has the effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and nourishing the fetus. It can be used to treat fetal movement disorders. It is often used in combination with Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae. At the same time, Bupleurum can have a calming effect on the inhibition of the nervous system.

5. Anti-cancer effect: Bupleurum has anti-cancer effect. Its medical ether extract has cytotoxic effect on Ll210, and the chrysin contained in it has cytotoxic specificity to nasopharyngeal carcinoma KB cells in the human body.