Nuo Dao Root, also known as sticky rice root, is actually the root and rhizome of sticky rice. It is commonly used to treat symptoms of night sweats and excessive sweating, especially in children who are prone to sweating. In addition, there are various ways to consume Nuo Dao Root. Let's learn about the efficacy, benefits, and consumption methods of Nuo Dao Root together!
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【Efficacy and Benefits of Nuo Dao Root】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Nuo Dao Root has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat, and stopping sweating. It is used to treat yin deficiency with fever, night sweats, excessive sweating, thirst, dry throat, hepatitis, and filariasis.
1. Stopping sweating
It is used for yin deficiency with fever, night sweats, and thirst. You can take 30-60 grams of Nuo Dao Root, 4-6 red dates, decoct them in water, and take it orally. The effect is quite good.
2. Reducing swelling and relieving pain
Nuo Dao Root can be used for bruises and injuries. You can burn Nuo Dao straw into ash, mix it with an equal amount of hot yellow wine, and wash the affected area with it. It has the effect of reducing swelling, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, and dispelling fatigue.
3. Treating filariasis
Take 60-120 grams of Nuo Dao Root, decoct it in water, and take it orally. For tuberculosis, neurasthenia, anemia, and various chronic debilitated diseases, it is recommended to eat coarse sticky rice (half-milled rice) porridge, which is the most nutritious. Alternatively, you can add 30 grams of Coix seed, 8 red dates, and cook them together for better effects.
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【Methods of Consuming Nuo Dao Root】
1. Nuo Dao Root and loach soup
Take 25 grams of Nuo Dao Root and 80 grams of loach. Slaughter and clean the loach, then fry it with cooking oil until golden brown. Boil 2 bowls of water with Nuo Dao Root until it reduces to 1 bowl, then add the loach to make soup and season it. Eat the fish and drink the soup once a day.
Efficacy: Tonifying qi, consolidating the surface, and stopping sweating. Suitable for qi deficiency with spontaneous sweating and excessive sweating after childbirth.
2. Nuo Dao Root tea
Take 100 grams of Nuo Dao Root, decoct it with water, remove the residue, and dissolve the rock sugar in it. Drink it as a substitute for tea.
Efficacy: Consolidating the surface, stopping sweating, nourishing the stomach, producing saliva, and reducing deficiency heat. Suitable for children with whooping cough.
3. Nuo Dao Root drink
Take 60 grams of Nuo Dao Root, wash it and cut it into approximately 1-inch pieces, add 500 grams of water, decoct it and take 250 grams twice a day.
Efficacy: Consolidating the surface, stopping sweating, nourishing the stomach, producing saliva, and reducing deficiency heat. Suitable for jaundice-type hepatitis.
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【Clinical Applications of Nuo Dao Root】
Treating excessive sweating and susceptibility to sweating in children
The commonly used herbal formula is Shen Qi Tang (Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction) and Yu Ping Feng San (Jade Screen Powder), which tonify lung qi and consolidate the surface of the lungs. For those who sweat excessively and are prone to sweating, Nuo Dao Root, ephedra root, uncooked peach kernel, Huai wheat, and schisandra fruit can be added to the formula to "consolidate the lungs". Among them, using 60 grams of Nuo Dao Root to decoct the soup instead of water is particularly effective for children who are prone to excessive sweating. This is because children often have spleen and stomach deficiencies, which leads to imbalance of ying and wei after illness and excessive sweating. This causes the pores to loosen, making it easier for pathogenic factors to invade.
Nuo Dao Root can tonify the lungs, stop sweating, invigorate the spleen, and nourish the stomach. It has a mild and sweet taste, making it easily acceptable for children. Therefore, using a large dosage to decoct the soup instead of water can enhance its effects and provide better results.
Nuo Dao Root is used for yin deficiency with fever, night sweats, and thirst. It has the functions of nourishing stomach yin, clearing deficiency heat, and stopping sweating. It is especially suitable for post-illness yin deficiency with fever and pulmonary tuberculosis with steaming heat and excessive sweating.
It is often used in combination with other herbs according to the specific condition. For example, for those with yin deficiency, fever, and thirst, it can be combined with Rehmannia root, Ophiopogon tuber, and Morus bark to nourish yin and clear heat. For those with excessive sweating, it can be combined with Flos Caryophylli and Ostreae Concha to stop sweating.
