Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower is a common traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the dried flower buds of the Chinese herb "Hou Po" or "Ao Ye Hou Po". Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower has many benefits and effects. Scientific use of Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower can help with digestion and treat symptoms such as abdominal distension and constipation. However, if used improperly, it can cause significant harm to the body and even lead to poisoning.
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【Benefits and Effects of Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower】
Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower has the effects of regulating qi and invigorating the stomach, as well as dispersing stagnation. It is mainly used to treat chest and abdominal stuffiness, stomach pain, and loss of appetite.
1. Relieving Rebellious Qi and Asthma
The whole Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower is valuable, including the bark, roots, seeds, and flowers. Scientific use of this herb can help with promoting qi circulation, resolving stagnation, and relieving rebellious qi and asthma.
2. Digestive Health
If you experience symptoms such as food stagnation, constipation, abdominal distension, chest fullness, or wheezing cough, you can directly soak Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower in water and consume it for good digestive health.
If you have a weak stomach with diarrhea, it is recommended to boil ginger-processed Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower with Pao Wu Tou and dried ginger in water and consume it. This can effectively invigorate the spleen and stomach, especially for treating weak stomach with diarrhea.
3. Regulating Qi and Relieving Depression
Drinking Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower tea can also treat phlegm in the throat, especially when you feel something blocking your throat and cannot swallow or spit it out. Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower can have unexpected effects in this case.
In addition to soaking Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower in water, you can also boil it with Ban Xia, fresh ginger, and Fu Ling to make Ban Xia Hou Po Tang for overall health improvement.
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【Toxic Reactions of Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower】
The toxic component is Aristolochic acid.
1. Toxic Reactions
Poisoning from Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower can cause renal tubular and interstitial acidosis, proximal renal tubular acidosis, and hypotonic urine. The initial symptoms include oliguria and acute renal failure, which can progress to chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis. Occasionally, restlessness and insomnia may occur.
2. Rescue Methods
Within 4 hours of poisoning, you can drink tea or use tannic acid to wash the stomach. Intravenous fluid and correction of acidosis should be administered, and symptomatic treatment should be provided.
3. Medication Precautions
During processing or decocting, the boiling time should not be too long to prevent the volatile loss of effective components and reduce the therapeutic effect.
Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower is not only beautiful but also has many functions. However, like any medication, it is not suitable for everyone and there are precautions to take. Pregnant women and people with qi deficiency and essence depletion should not consume Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower, as it may worsen their condition.
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【Precautions for Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower】
1. Not Suitable During Pregnancy
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower has a warm and bitter nature and can effectively treat various cold-related diseases.
After pregnancy, a woman's body undergoes significant changes, especially in hormone secretion, which can lead to increased blood heat, irritability, and constipation.
If a woman consumes Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower during this time, her body may experience abnormal conditions, which can severely harm the health of both the pregnant woman and the fetus.
2. Not Suitable for Qi Deficiency and Fluid Depletion
If you have a constitution characterized by qi deficiency and fluid depletion, it is not suitable to soak Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower in water and consume it to avoid abnormal conditions in the body.
3. Not Suitable for the Elderly and Children
Experts suggest that although Thick Amur Cork Tree Flower has therapeutic effects for various discomforts, caution should be exercised when used by children and the elderly.
This is because children's bodies and internal organs are still developing, while the elderly experience a decline in physical function, especially in the spleen's ability to transform and transport nutrients.
Therefore, the elderly and children should be cautious when consuming this herb and should consult a professional before use.
