This product is fourstamen stephania root (Fourstamen Stephania Root) (Stephania tetrandra S. Moore) of the family Stephania Tetrandra or perennial twining herbaceous plant Cocculus Root (Cocculus Root) of the family Dutohmanspipe Fruit. >Aristolochia fangchi The roots of Y. C. Wu ex L. D. Chow et S. M. Hwang). Fourstamen Stephania Root is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and other places. Cocculus Root is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Digging in autumn. Dry. Slice and use raw.

[Property]

bitter and acrid, cold. act on bladder, kidney and spleen channels.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

dispelling wind dampness, pain relief, disinhibiting water and dispersing edema.

[Indications]

1. It is used for impediment diseases, especially for those with dampness-heat bias. Symptoms include joint pain and difficulty in flexion and extension. This product is pungent and dispersing, bitter and cold, capable of dispelling wind and dampness, clearing away heat, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. Often used together with Coix Seed, Talc, Silkworm Feces, such as Impediment-Diffusing Decoction; If wind-cold-dampness impediment, joint pain, often used with Aconite Lateral Root, Cassia Central Bark, White Atractylodes Rhizome , such as Stephania Tetrandra Soup.
2. For edema, phlegm and fluid syndrome/pattern. This product reduces diarrhea, is good at walking downwards, can clear dampness-heat, facilitate urination, and is especially good at lower energizer bladder dampness-heat. If wind evil attacks externally and water-dampness causes internal obstruction, resulting in swollen head, face and body, and difficulty in urination, use the syndrome/pattern of wind and water to disperse wind and remove dampness, often with Astragalus Root and White Atractylodes Rhizome combination of medicinals, such as fourstamen stephania root Astragalus Decoction ; if skin edema is swollen all over and the urine is short, it can be combined with Poria, Astragalus Root, Cinnamon Twig and other spleen-strengthening, warming and yang-transforming products can be used together, such as Stephania and Poria Decoction. Treat dampness-heat stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness edema. Use this product to resolving dampness and diuretic. It is often used with Pricklyash Seed, Pepperweed Seed, Rhubarb Rhizoma are used together, namely Stephania, Pricklyash Seed, Pepperweed and Rhubarb Pill.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains wind-cold dampness syndrome/pattern, heat and epilepsy, removes evil spirits, and facilitates defecation."
2. Bencao Shiyi: "Fourstamen Stephania Root governs water vapor, Cocculus Root governs wind qi, Xuantong."
3. Bencao Qiuzhen: "Stephania Tetrandra works great cold (24th solar term), is dangerous but healthy, and is good at walking. Downward, it is good at removing warmth, relieving stuffy orifices, and is beneficial to the passage, can lower energizer blood aspect dampness-heat, and is an important medicine for treating wind edema."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 5~10g. Cocculus Root is suitable for dispelling wind to relieve pain, and fourstamen stephania root is suitable for diuresis and swelling.

Traditional Chinese medicine can effectively treat dry eye syndrome, floaters, retinopathy, and various chronic eye diseases

This product is extremely bitter (24th solar term), easily hurts stomach qi, should be used with caution by those who are weak and suffer from yin deficiency and poor appetite. Dutohmanspipe Fruit family Cocculus Root (Cocculus Root) is nephrotoxic and has been banned in Taiwan.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Fourstamen Stephania Root contains Fourstamen Stephania Root A and Fourstamen Stephania Root B, C, etc. It also contains flavonoid glycosides, volatile oils, etc. Cocculus Root combines Cocculus Root A, B, C and dark brown crystals Cocculus Root Ding. Fourstamen Stephania Root has obvious analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-anaphylactic shock, diuretic, antihypertensive, muscle relaxation and other effects. Fourstamen Stephania Root and Cocculus Root both have anti-amoebic effects in the body.