What Are the Benefits and Effects of Cao Xue Jie?
Herba Polygonati Odorati is a common traditional Chinese medicinal herb, mainly distributed in Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China. It has a slightly warm nature and possesses various medicinal effects. It can promote blood circulation and dispel blood stasis, treat chronic gastritis, indigestion, gastric ulcer, and other diseases. Additionally, Herba Polygonati Odorati can also be used to treat menstrual irregularities or injuries from falls and bruises. It also has a therapeutic effect on edema caused by kidney deficiency. Let's delve into the specific benefits and functions of Herba Polygonati Odorati.
1. Promoting Blood Circulation and Dissipating Blood Stasis: This herb has a bitter and slightly warm taste. It can promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, thus can be used to treat symptoms such as hematemesis, metrorrhagia, and external bleeding.
2. Harmonizing the Stomach and Relieving Pain: This herb can be used to treat stomach pain caused by deficiency of spleen and stomach yang. This condition is often caused by chronic weakness of qi or long-term spleen and stomach weakness, resulting in decreased warmth and nourishment of the stomach. Symptoms include dull and persistent pain in the epigastric region, decreased appetite, vomiting of clear fluid, preference for warmth and pressure, severe pain when hungry, slight relief after eating, worsening with cold exposure, aversion to cold, loose stools, and clear and long urine. The pain may vary in intensity and may persist for years. In severe cases, there may be hematemesis or hematochezia. For those with qi deficiency, symptoms may include pale complexion, emaciation, fatigue, decreased appetite, and even a sense of abdominal distension and frequent diarrhea. The tongue may appear pale and tender with tooth marks on the edges, and the pulse may be slow or weak. Herba Polygonati Odorati has a pungent and warm taste, and it belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians. It can warm the middle, dispel cold, harmonize the stomach, and relieve pain. When the stomach is warmed, cold can be dispelled, and pain can be relieved.
3. Regulating Qi and Digesting Food: It can be used to treat indigestion caused by excessive eating. Clinical manifestations include a sense of fullness and pain in the epigastric region, resistance to pressure, foul-smelling breath, aversion to food, nausea and vomiting, and relief of pain after vomiting. The stool may be uncomfortable to pass, and the tongue coating may be thick and greasy with a slippery pulse. This herb has a pungent taste and can regulate qi, digest food, eliminate stagnation, and clear the stomach. When food stagnation is eliminated, other symptoms will also resolve.
4. Dissipating Masses and Resolving Stasis: This herb can be used to treat women with long-term blood stasis. This condition is often caused by invasion of wind and cold during menstruation or postpartum, leading to stagnation of qi and blood; or due to irregular sexual activity, incomplete elimination of residual blood, and formation of blood stasis through interaction with pathogenic factors; or due to emotional disturbances and disharmony of qi and blood, all of which can lead to blood stasis. Over time, masses may form. Symptoms include hard and fixed masses in the uterus, resistance to pressure, pain, dark complexion, dry skin, excessive menstrual flow or delayed menstruation, dry mouth without desire to drink, purplish spots on the edges of the tongue, and a deep and sluggish pulse. This herb has a pungent and warm nature, can activate blood and break up blood stasis, and thus resolves masses. With its treatment, various symptoms can be relieved.
5. Promoting Urination and Reducing Edema: It can be used to treat edema caused by kidney deficiency and fluid retention. This condition is often caused by long-term excessive consumption of alcohol, rich and greasy food, hunger, excessive consumption of cold food and drinks, leading to impaired spleen function, accumulation of damp-heat, and failure of body fluids to be transformed and excreted, resulting in edema. Edema can also be caused by hunger, overwork, malnutrition, and damage to the spleen and stomach, leading to failure of the spleen to control water metabolism, or due to excessive sexual activity. Herba Polygonati Odorati can promote urination and reduce edema, thus relieving symptoms related to kidney deficiency and fluid retention.
