The efficacy and effects of mullein

The medicinal part of Muxiang is the dried root of Muxiang, family Asteraceae. It is native to India, Myanmar and Pakistan, and is imported from Guangzhou, where it is called Guang Mu Xiang. It is imported from Guangzhou and known as Guang Mu Xiang. There are a large number of introduced species in Yunnan Province in China, and it is also known as "Yun Mu Xiang". Muxiang is pungent, bitter and warm, and belongs to the spleen, stomach, large intestine, three jiao and bile meridians, with the effect of promoting qi and relieving pain, strengthening the spleen and eliminating food.

Effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating food

It is especially good at relieving Qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach, so it is a good product for moving Qi and relieving pain.

Effects of promoting qi and relieving pain

It is pungent to move Qi, bitter to clear the drainage, and enters the Sanjiao and Gallbladder meridians, so it can unblock the Qi of the liver, gallbladder and Sanjiao. It can be combined with Yu Jin, Da Huang and Yin Chen to treat dampness and heat, dysregulation of the drainage of the liver and gallbladder, and blockage of the qi flow, resulting in pain and distension in the chest and ribs, jaundice and bitterness in the mouth. In addition, Mu Xiang has a strong qi flowing and pain relieving effect, and its nature is on the warm side, so it can also treat cold hernia abdominal pain and testicular pain and other discomfort.

Can treat diarrhea and dysentery after heavy discomfort

Mu Xiang is pungent and bitter, and can enter the large intestine meridian to move the large intestine Qi stagnation, so it can also hill damp-heat diarrhea, dysentery and dysentery. It is often used in combination with Huanglian to treat damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery, and can be used with betel nut, green peel and rhubarb to treat dietary stagnation, bloating and fullness, and unpleasant diarrhea.

The pharmacological effects of mullein

Mullein contains volatile oil components, as well as a large variety of alkene components, a small number of ketones, aldehydes, phenols and other compounds. It also contains 20 amino acids, including aspartic acid and glutamic acid, as well as bile ammonia and mucuna pruriens. 1, the supercritical extract of Mucuna pruriens has a significant inhibitory effect on hydrochloric acid-ethanol type acute gastric ulcer; it also has a significant inhibitory effect on lisperdal type gastric ulcer in mice and acetic acid damage type chronic ulcer in rats. 2, supercritical extract and aqueous decoction of Mucuna pruriens can promote the secretion of growth inhibitor in healthy human stomach, and the aqueous decoction can promote gastrointestinal motility. 3, simmering mullein has a significant anti-diarrheal effect. 4、Mullein volatile oil, alcoholic extract and ether extract have antibacterial effect; alcoholic extract has anti-inflammatory effect. 5, mullein also has anti-tumor, dilation of blood vessels, inhibition of platelet aggregation and other effects.

Adverse effects of mullein

Some users of mullein skin grams appear corn-like red papules, itching, and may be accompanied by chest tightness and breathlessness, palpitations, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other uncomfortable symptoms. The main reason is that the volatile oil in mullein may act on the blood vessels of the skin, causing the capillaries of the skin mucosa to dilate, and the patient's allergy is also a common cause.

Contraindications to the use of mullein

It is not suitable for people with dryness in the internal organs and deficiency of yin and fluid. The "Classic of the Materia Medica": "Lung deficiency with heat should not be offended; deficiency of vital energy and Yin deficiency of internal heat, all diseases with heat, heart pain is prohibited."