This product is Zedoary Rhizome (Curcuma phaeocaulis Val.), Zedoary Rhizome (C. kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang) or Curcuma Root, a perennial herbaceous plant of the Zingiberaceae family. (C. wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling). Mainly produced in Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places. Excavated in winter, steamed or boiled until tender, dried, sliced ​​and used raw or prepared with vinegar.

[Property]

Acrid and bitter, warm. act on liver and spleen channels.

[Efficacy]

breaking blood stasis moving qi, eliminating accumulation and relieving pain.

[Indications]

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

1. It is used for abdominal mass, amenorrhea and abdominal pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. This product is pungent, relieves bitterness and warms the blood. It can not only break and expelling blood stasis, but also move qi to relieve pain. It is often used with Sparganium Rhizome for mutual reinforcement. For example, Shoushi Baoyuan Zedoary Rhizome powder can be used with Sparganium Rhizome, Chinese Angelica, Cyperus, etc. , to treat amenorrhea abdominal pain and a lump in the abdomen. For the clinical treatment of amenorrhea and dysmenorrheal in gynecology, it is often used with Chinese Angelica and Carthamus. For the treatment of stuffiness malaria with splenomegaly, it is often used with Bupleurum, turtle carapace, etc.; to treat chest impediment, use Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Salvia, etc. If the body is concerned and static blood remains for a long time, use Astragalus Root, Tangshen, etc. for both elimination and tonic treatment.
2. Used for food accumulation, abdominal distension and fullness pain. This product can not only eliminate blood stasis and food accumulation, but also break Qi and eliminate food accumulation. To treat food accumulation abdominal pain, it is often used with green tangerine peel, Areca Seed, etc., such as Zhengzhi Zhunsheng Zedoary Rhizome Pills.
3. In addition, this product can also be used for pain due to bruises, bruises and swelling, and its analgesic effect is also used for breaking stasis and dispersing swelling.
4. This product is used in modern clinical treatment of uterus, neck cancer and other cancers. Zedoary Rhizome injection is mainly used for tumor injection, 10 to 30ml each time (containing 20 to 60g of crude drug). It can also be mixed with other drugs for oral administration. It has varying degrees of effects on uterus neck cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, etc. It can relieve symptoms especially for patients who have lost the chance of treatment such as surgery. It can also treat cervical erosion of uterus. Zedoary Rhizome ointment or Zedoary Rhizome emulsion can be used topically. After a large number of clinical observations, the efficacy is better.

[Documentation]

1. Yaoxing Lun: "Treat women's blood heart pain, break the abdominal mass air-conditioning, rub wine with vinegar to take effect."
2. Rihuazi Bencao: " Treat all qi, relieve middle consumptive thirst, relieve menstruation, eliminate static blood, stop throbbing pain, bleeding and internal damage and bad blood, etc. "
3. Bencao Tujing: "Today's doctors treat abdominal. Mass is the most important medicine. It is also used in women's medicine together with Sparganium Rhizome."

   [Usage and Dosage]

   Decoct and take, 3~15g. Vinegar can strengthen resolving stasis to stop pain after preparation. It can be used externally; use an appropriate amount for external use.

   [Precaution]

   It should not be used by pregnant women and those with hypermenorrhea.

   [Modern Pharmacology]

   This product contains volatile oils, mainly Zedoary Rhizome ketone, Zedoary Rhizomene, Turmeric element, etc. In recent years, the anti-cancer active ingredients Zedoary Rhizome alcohol and Zedoary Rhizome diketone have been isolated from volatile oils. It has anti-cancer effects. In addition to direct effects, it can also enhance host-specific immune function and obtain obvious immune protection effects; Turmeric can inhibit platelet aggregation and has anti-thrombotic effects; it can excite gastrointestinal smooth muscle in the digestive tract; Zedoary Rhizome alcohol and its hemiterpene compounds have significant anti-early pregnancy effects; volatile oil can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, large intestine Bacillus, cholera Bacillus, cholera Vibrio, etc.