Qian Nian Jian, also known as Thousand Year Health, is the dried rhizome of the plant Arisaema erubescens. It has the effects of invigorating blood circulation, dispelling wind and dampness. It can be used to treat various joint diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis. So what are the effects and functions of Qian Nian Jian?
1. Dispelling wind, dampness, reducing swelling and relieving pain
Qian Nian Jian is a traditional Chinese medicine that can invigorate blood circulation, dispel wind and dampness. It can be used to treat rheumatism, bone pain, injuries, and fractures. It can quickly reduce the symptoms of pain and swelling, and promote bone regeneration in fracture patients.
2. Strengthening tendons and bones
Qian Nian Jian can invigorate blood circulation, promote meridian circulation. It has great benefits in maintaining healthy bones. Taking it regularly in appropriate amounts can strengthen tendons and bones, and reduce the occurrence of arthritis and numbness in limbs.
In addition, taking Qian Nian Jian for middle-aged and elderly people can relieve joint weakness, increase bone flexibility, prevent osteoporosis, and reduce joint pain.
Medicinal value of Qian Nian Jian
The treatment principle for rheumatoid arthritis is to nourish the kidney, warm the yang, dispel stasis, and unblock the meridians. This disease is persistent and has a long course, so early and reasonable treatment is crucial.
Prolonged pain affects the meridians, and prolonged pain is often accompanied by stasis and deficiency. Prolonged pain will eventually affect the kidneys. Therefore, treatment must focus on warming and tonifying the kidneys.
The kidneys are responsible for the bones and the body's yang qi. Therefore, Qian Nian Jian, Gu Sui Bu, and Xian Ling Pi, which warm and tonify the kidneys, are selected, combined with Di Long and Quan Xie, which unblock the meridians and promote blood circulation. The combination of herbal medicines and insect medicines has better results, and together they have the effects of nourishing the kidneys, warming the yang, dispelling stasis, and unblocking the meridians.
Qian Nian Jian can also be used as a health food. Wash 50 grams of Qian Nian Jian, remove the moisture, soak it in 500 grams of high-alcohol white wine, seal it and store it. After 20 days, it can be taken out and consumed. Drink 50 grams daily, preferably before bedtime. It can invigorate blood circulation and reduce the occurrence of various orthopedic diseases.
Compatibility and application of Qian Nian Jian
Qian Nian Jian is combined with dried ginger to treat spleen and stomach deficiency, cold pain in the epigastric region, reduced appetite, vomiting, and diarrhea. Dried ginger is warm and dispels cold, warms the middle, and assists yang qi. Qian Nian Jian dispels cold, promotes meridian circulation, and relieves gastric pain.
Qian Nian Jian is combined with Eucommia bark to tonify the liver and kidneys, strengthen tendons and bones, and treat deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, lack of nourishment to tendons and bones, weakness and softness in the lower limbs, and back pain. Eucommia is sweet and tonifies the liver and kidneys, nourishes the tendons and strengthens the bones. Qian Nian Jian warms the meridians and promotes blood circulation. The combination of the two can tonify the liver, strengthen the tendons, nourish the kidneys, and strengthen the bones.
Qian Nian Jian is combined with Chinese pangolin to treat excessive wind and fire, stagnation in the muscles and skin, blood stasis and heat accumulation. The symptoms include redness, swelling, pain, ulceration, and difficulty in discharging pus. Qian Nian Jian disperses swelling and Chinese pangolin promotes discharge of pus. The combination of the two is effective in treating abscesses and ulcers.
Qian Nian Jian is combined with Cyathula root to enhance the effects of dispelling wind and relieving pain, and strengthening tendons and bones. Qian Nian Jian strengthens tendons and bones and is commonly used in the treatment of wind-cold-damp arthralgia. Cyathula root invigorates blood circulation and promotes meridian circulation. The combination of the two is suitable for rheumatic pain, lumbago, weak legs, and stiffness and numbness.
