The original form of the Chinese medicine Gan Sui is also called "Cat's Eye". Although it has certain toxicity, Gan Sui has many effects and functions. Gan Sui can treat palpitations and excessive phlegm!
[Gan Sui for treating palpitations and excessive phlegm]
Gan Sui has the effect of treating palpitations and excessive phlegm. Take 10 grams of dehusked Gan Sui, 10 grams of peeled purple Euphorbia root, and 10 grams of white mustard seeds, grind them into a fine powder, boil them into a paste, shape them into small pills the size of phoenix tree seeds, and then dry them. Take 7-10 pills with diluted ginger soup before going to bed.
The effects of Gan Sui
Taste: bitter; Nature: cold; Toxic
Meridians: spleen; lungs; kidneys; bladder; large intestine; small intestine
The functions of Gan Sui
It can promote diuresis and dispel excess fluids, relieve constipation caused by accumulation, treat edema, ascites, phlegm accumulation in the chest, epilepsy, coughing, and urinary and bowel dysfunction.
[Gan Sui plant morphology]
Gan Sui is a perennial succulent herb, 25-40 centimeters tall, with latex throughout the plant.
The roots are slender and slightly bent, some are bead-shaped or rod-shaped, and some are elongated oval-shaped, with a brownish-brown outer skin.
The stem is erect and pale purple-red. The leaves are alternate, narrow, needle-shaped or linear-lanceolate, 3-5 centimeters long, 6-10 millimeters wide, blunt at the tip, wide-wedge-shaped at the base, and have entire margins. They are either sessile or have short petioles.
The cup-shaped umbel inflorescence is arranged in a umbel-like cluster, usually 5-9 clusters growing at the top of the stem, with several basal leaf-like bracts; sometimes 1 flower branch grows from the axil of the upper stem leaf, and each branch produces 1-2 umbel-like secondary branches at the top;
The bracts are opposite; the calyx-like involucre is 4-lobed at the apex, with 4 glands; the flowers are unisexual and without corolla; the male flowers are mostly accompanied by 1 female flower in the same involucre; the male flowers have only 1 stamen; the female flowers are located in the center of the inflorescence, with 1 pistil, triangular-ovoid ovary, 3 chambers, and 3 styles with 2-lobed stigmas. The fruit is rounded. The seeds are ovate and brown. The flowering period is from June to September.
[Precautions for using Gan Sui]
1. Pregnant women should not use it. Generally, it should be stopped after the disease is cured;
2. It is advisable to use stewed Gan Sui or Gan Sui soaked in vinegar, as stewing can reduce its side effects such as vomiting.
After being affected by acetic acid, the toxic and irritating effects of Gan Sui can be reduced. Raw Gan Sui has strong toxicity and purgative effects, so it should not be used.
3. Traditional experience suggests that Gan Sui should not be combined with licorice, but the preliminary experimental results in modern times are inconsistent.
Some reports indicate that according to tests on rabbits, when Gan Sui (or Euphorbia, Euphorbia pekinensis) is combined with licorice, it does not cause any significant changes in respiration, heart rate, body temperature, pupil reaction, or gastrointestinal function;
However, other experiments have shown that the combination of Gan Sui and licorice produces different reactions depending on the dosage ratio.
