This product is the root tuber of Ophiopogon Tuber (Ophiopogon japonicus (L.f.) Ker-Gawl.), a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lily Bulb family. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hubei and other places. Excavate in summer, expose and stack repeatedly until 70 to 80% dry, remove fibrous roots and dry. For raw use.

[Property]

sweet and slightly bitter, slightly cold. act on heart, lung and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

Nourishing yin and moistening lung, replenishing the stomach and promoting body fluid, resolving depression and discharging heat.

[Indications]

1. Used for dry cough with insufficient lung yin and dryness-heat, sticky phlegm, labor fever cough, etc. It can nourish yin, clear away heat and moisturize dryness. To treat dry cough with sticky phlegm, dry throat and dry nose, it is often combined with Mulberry Leaf, Bitter Apricot Seed, Donkey-hide Gelatin, etc. of medicinals, such as Dryness-Clearing Lung-Rescuing Decoction; to treat laborious fever, it is often used with Asparagus Root, such as Zhangshi Yitong Asparagus and Ophiopogon Ointment .
2. It is used for stomach yin deficiency or heat injury stomach yin, thirst, dry throat, dryness accumulation of stool, etc. It can benefit the stomach, promote body fluids and moisturize dryness. To treat heat-damaged stomach yin thirst, it is often used with Polyghace Seche, Coastal Glehnia Root, etc., such as Stomach-Tonifying Decoction; to treat Rebing body fluid injury, constipation of intestinal dryness, often combined with Scrophularia Root, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root Huang of medicinals, such as Wenbing Tiaobian Fluid-Increasing Decoction.
3. Used for heart yin deficiency and warm disease, heat evil disturbance and heart camp, upset and insomnia, red and dry tongue, etc. It can nourish yin, clear the heart, remove troubles and calm the mind. To treat yin deficiency, heat, restlessness and insomnia, it is often used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root Huang, Sour Jujube, such as Celestial Emperor Heart-Tonifying Pill; To treat evil disturbances in the heart, body heat, dysphoria, dry tongue, etc., it is often used with Coptis Rhizome, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root Huang, Bamboo Leaf has the same meaning as Nutrient-Clearing Decoction.

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

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "Treat consumptive diseases such as heat, dry mouth and thirst,..., protect the mind, calm lung qi, and calm five zang-organs."
2. Bencao Shiyi : "Remove heart heat and stop restless heat."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take 10-15g.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Ophiopogon Tuber contains a variety of steroidal saponins, β-sitosterol, amino acids, a large amount of glucose and glucosides, etc.

1. It can enhance the phagocytic ability of the reticuloendothelial system, increase peripheral leukocytes, and improve immune function.
2. It can enhance the function of the pituitary-adrenocortical system and improve the body's adaptability.
3. It has anti-arrhythmic and peripheral vascular dilation effects.
4. Has hypoglycemic effect.
5. In vitro experiments have inhibitory effects on a variety of bacteria.
6. Injection of Ophiopogon Tuber solution can significantly improve the ability of mice to tolerate hypoxia.