What are the effects of Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum

Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum are both medicinal materials. Rehmannia glutinosa is generally used to replenish yin and blood. When used together with other Chinese medicines such as angelica, it can treat insomnia and menstrual disorders. Polygonum multiflorum has the effects of blackening hair, replenishing qi and blood, and anti-aging. Using cooked rehmannia together with Polygonum multiflorum can treat the gray hair caused by deficiency of essence and blood. Cooked rehmannia and Polygonum multiflorum can be used together to make wine, soup, etc., which has a good effect on health care.

Pharmacological effects of Rehmannia glutinosa

1. Effect on the bone marrow hematopoietic system: The decoction of Rehmannia glutinosa was administered orally to mice with hemorrhagic anemia at a dose of 0.5 g per mouse once a day for 10 consecutive days. It can promote the recovery of red blood cells and hemoglobin in anemic animals, and accelerate the proliferation and differentiation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells (CFU-S) and bone marrow erythroid hematopoietic progenitor cells (CFU-E).

2. Effect on blood coagulation: Rehmannia root can significantly inhibit hemorrhagic necrosis and simple necrosis of the liver. It has the effect of inhibiting thrombosis in hyperlipidemia caused by high-fat food, fatty liver and hepatic venous hemorrhage caused by endotoxin in rats. The activation of plasminogen is considered to be the anti-thrombotic mechanism.

3. Effect on the immune system: When the alcohol extract of Rehmannia glutinosa was administered orally to mice, it had a significant protective effect on the function of macrophages inhibited by carrageenan; it also had an inhibitory effect on antibody-forming cells.

4. Impact on the cardiovascular system: Both wine-cooked Rehmannia and steamed Rehmannia have significant antihypertensive effects, with both systolic and diastolic blood pressure significantly reduced.

5. Antioxidant Effect

The efficacy and function of Polygonum multiflorum

1. Protect cardiovascular system

Polygonum multiflorum is the protector of human cardiovascular system. It contains some natural anthraquinone substances, which can remove cholesterol from the blood after being absorbed by the human body. It can also enhance the body's antiviral ability, strengthen the heart and accelerate the dissolution of fibrin in the human body, thereby preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases.

2. Delaying aging

Eating more Polygonum multiflorum can delay the aging of the body. It contains a large amount of phospholipids, which are important substances that constitute brain cells, red blood cells and other body tissue cells. They can promote normal metabolism of the human body and improve the functions of various organs of the body. Regular consumption can not only delay aging, but also prevent anemia and loss of qi and blood, and make the body stronger.

Effects of Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum

Shouwu can "nourish blood and benefit the liver, consolidate essence and benefit the kidney, strengthen tendons and bones, and blacken hair. It is a good tonic medicine, neither cold nor dry."

Rehmannia glutinosa "tastes sweet, is slightly warm and moist in texture. It can not only nourish blood and yin, but also replenish essence and benefit marrow."

The main effects of cooked rehmannia are to nourish blood and yin, and replenish essence and marrow. The main effects of processed Polygonum multiflorum are to nourish yin and blood, and strengthen the kidneys and blacken the beard. These two herbs are both highly nourishing and greasy, which can easily cause dampness, and their medicinal properties are both hot. People with damp-heat constitution should not use these two herbs alone.