What are the benefits of drinking water infused with Polygonatum odoratum?

Polygonatum odoratum is a type of Chinese herbal medicine. Drinking water infused with Polygonatum odoratum mainly has the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, promoting the production of saliva to quench thirst, and other benefits. However, it should be noted that soaking herbs in water makes it difficult to completely extract their active ingredients, limiting their medicinal value. Therefore, they cannot be used directly to treat diseases. Polygonatum odoratum is typically prepared as a medicine using the dried rhizome of Polygonatum odoratum from the Liliaceae family. This herbal medicine is sweet and slightly cold, entering the Lung meridian. It excels in nourishing lung yin and moistening lung dryness and also has a mild effect of clearing deficient heat. It can be used to treat conditions such as persistent cough due to yin deficiency, consumptive cough due to yin deficiency, and dry cough without sputum or with little sticky sputum caused by dryness-evil invading the lungs and injury to yin fluids. Polygonatum odoratum also enters the Stomach meridian, nourishing stomach yin to promote the production of saliva and can be used to improve conditions such as yin injury due to heat diseases, fluid depletion, feverish thirst, dry mouth and tongue, and yin deficiency with thirst. Drinking water infused with Polygonatum odoratum can also exert the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, as well as promoting the production of saliva to quench thirst. However, it should be noted that although Polygonatum odoratum is mild in nature, it is used to nourish yin and moisturize dryness. Therefore, it is not suitable for those with spleen deficiency and damp-phlegm.

Polygonatum odoratum can also be used in combination with other herbal medicines. For example, pairing it with Adenophora can enhance its effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, and promoting the production of saliva to quench thirst. Pairing it with Mentha can enhance its effects of nourishing yin and dispersing wind-heat. Pairing it with Codonopsis can enhance its effects of benefiting qi and nourishing yin. If Polygonatum odoratum is to be used to treat diseases, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a professional physician based on the symptoms.