This product is the root tuber of Gansui Root (Euphorbia kansui T. N. Liou ex T. P. Wang), a perennial herbaceous plant of the Peking Euphorbia Root family. Mainly produced in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places. Excavate in late autumn or early spring. Peel off the skin and dry in the sun. Vinegar has been used.

[Property]

bitter, cold. toxic. act on lung, kidney and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

Purging water and drinking, subduing swelling and dissipating bind.

[Indications]

1. Used for edema, tympanites, chest and hypochondrium syndrome, etc. This product has a bitter-cold nature, which causes water-dampness in the meridian passages, and the force of purging water after drinking is strong. After taking the medicine, it can be continuously purged, so that the retained water can be excreted from the body. It can be used by those with edema, big belly tympanites, those who stop drinking in the chest and hypochondrium, and whose healthy qi has not declined. It can be taken alone or with Pharbitis Seed, such as Shengji Zonglu Erqi Decoction; or with Peking Euphorbia Root, Lilac Daphne is at the end of the day and served with jujube decoction, such as Ten Jujubes Decoction.
2. For wind phlegm epilepsy. Gansui Root also has the effect of removing phlegm and saliva, and can be used for symptoms of wind phlegm epilepsy. Take Gansui Root as powder, simmer it into pig heart, and take it as a pill with Cinnabar powder, like Suixin Dan.
3. It is used for sores and carbuncles. This product can subduing swelling and dissipating bind when used externally. To treat sores and carbuncles, you can use Gansui Root mixed with water for external application.

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

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Mainly used for large abdominal hernia, abdominal distension and fullness, edema, persistent fluid retention retained food, stuffiness abdominal mass, diuretic valley."
2. Zhenzhunang: "Bitter taste, cold air, bitter nature, cold dominating heat, directly reaching the place where water and heat are bound, it is the holy medicine for draining water. In the thoracic accumulation of water, it cannot be removed unless it is this, so Zhongjing Major Chest Bind Decoction is used, but it is poisonous and should not be used lightly

[Usage and Dosage]

Take it as a pill and take it in powder form, 0.5~1g each time. Appropriate amount for external use, main use. Take vinegar orally to reduce toxicity.

It should not be used by the weak and pregnant women. Anti-Liquorice Root.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains tetracyclic triterpenoids α- and γ-Peking Euphorbia Root alcohol, Gansui Root alcohol, Peking Euphorbia Root dienol; in addition, it also contains Windmill Palm acid, citric acid, tannins, resins, etc. Gansui Root alcohol extract has a significant purgative effect on mice, stimulating the intestinal mucosal membrane, causing inflammatory congestion and increased peristalsis, causing severe diarrhea; its toxic side effect is large and can cause dyspnea, decreased blood pressure, etc.; after vinegar is used, it The purgative effect and toxicity are reduced.