The efficacy and effects of zedoary and contraindications

Zedoary is the dried tuber of Zedoary, family Zedoaryaceae, mainly produced in Fujian, Sichuan and other places. It is cold in nature, sweet and light in taste, and belongs to the kidney and bladder meridians, with the effects of diuresis and dampness percolation, draining heat, resolving turbidity and lowering fat.

Diuresis and dampness percolation

1, Zegna light percolation, its effect of diuresis and dampness percolation is strong, can be used to treat water-damp stagnation caused by urinary inconvenience, edema and other symptoms. 2, zedoary can be used to treat the spleen and stomach injury and cold, water and grain part, resulting in diarrhea and other symptoms. 3, in addition, the diarrhea can diarrhea water dampness, line phlegm drink, can be used to treat phlegm drink stagnation obstructing the qi mechanism caused by the body of the clear Yang does not rise dizziness and other symptoms.

Relieve heat

Ze Xie is cold in nature and can not only clear heat from the bladder, but also drain the deficiency fire of the kidney meridian, so it is especially suitable for those with damp-heat in the lower jiao. It can be used for treating heat gonorrhea and astringent pain caused by damp-heat; and spermatorrhea and hot flashes caused by deficiency of kidney yin and hyperactive deficiency fire in the kidney.

Treatment of hyperlipidemia

It is often used to treat hyperlipidemia, and can be used together with cassia seeds, lotus leaves and heshouwu.

Diuretic

Zedoary has diuretic effect, can increase urine volume, increase the excretion of urea and chloride, the diuretic effect is more obvious for patients with nephritis.

Lowering blood lipids

The lipid-soluble part of Alisma has significant hypocholesterolemic and anti-atherosclerotic effects on rabbits with experimental hypercholesterolemia. Alismaol A, B and acetate esters of alismaol A, B and C isolated from them have significant hypocholesterolemic effects, except alismaol B.

Mild hypotensive

Alisol infusion given intravenously to dogs and rabbits had a mild hypotensive effect. Alisol had a mild hypotensive effect on various experimental animals, and its hypotensive effect was not significant. Alisma mositol extract had a slow relaxing effect on adrenaline-induced contraction of isolated aortic conditions in rabbits in vitro. Alisol inhibited the contraction of aortic strips induced by angiotensin in rabbits. Alisol was seen to reduce cardiac output and heart rate as well as left ventricular pressure by isolated heart perfusion technique, but increased coronary flow.

Hypoglycemia

The intravenous injection of Zedoary infusion in anesthetized dogs can lower the blood pressure. 6 g/kg of subcutaneous infusion of Zedoary infusion in rabbits had a mild hypoglycemic effect, but 5 g/kg of subcutaneous decoction had no such effect.

Antibacterial

Zedoary has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, S. pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Contraindications to the use of Zedoaria

1, according to the "Collection of Materia Medica", Zelig is afraid of sea clams and clams. Therefore, it cannot be used together with sea clam and clam. 2, kidney deficiency sperm slippery people avoid taking The famous medical doctor said: "Pianzhi cloud, more than serving the patient's eyes." The "Introduction to Medicine" says: "Where gonorrhea, thirst, edema, kidney deficiency caused by the person, can not be used." The "Classic of the Materia Medica" also says: "patients without moisture and no drink and yin deficiency, and kidney gas lack of extinction, Yang failure of the essence from the flow, kidney gas does not fix the essence of slippery, eye pain, deficiency cold for drainage and other Hou, the law salty contraindicated."