As a traditional Chinese medicine, Thousand Year Health has many benefits. Let's take a look at the effects and uses of Thousand Year Health.
[Properties] Pungent, warm.
① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Bitter taste, cold nature, slightly toxic."
② "Seeking the Origins of Materia Medica": "Pungent, warm."
③ "Compilation of Medicinal Materials": "Bitter, warm, non-toxic."
[Meridian]
① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Enters the liver and lung meridians."
② "Pharmacology of Chinese Materia Medica": "Enters the liver and kidney meridians."
[Effects and Uses of Thousand Year Health]
Dispels wind and dampness, strengthens tendons and bones, relieves pain, reduces swelling. Used for the treatment of rheumatism, soreness and pain in the limbs, weakness and softness of tendons and bones, stomach pain, abscesses and swellings. It is used for rheumatism, cold pain in the waist and knees, and spasm and numbness in the lower limbs. Thousand Year Health can dispel wind and dampness, strengthen bones and tendons. It can be soaked in alcohol with other herbs such as Rhizoma Cyperi, Herba Siegesbeckiae, Rhizoma Drynariae, and Fructus Lycii for consumption.
Strengthens tendons and bones: Thousand Year Health has a pungent and warm nature and enters the liver and kidney meridians. Its pungency can disperse qi and blood circulation, and its warmth can dispel cold and nourish blood. It has the function of nourishing the liver and kidneys. Therefore, it can treat symptoms such as weakness and softness of the lower limbs, lumbosacral pain, inability to stand for a long time, spermatorrhea or nocturnal emission, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Thousand Year Health can nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen tendons and bones, and eliminate various symptoms.
Harmonizes the stomach and relieves pain: In "Plain Questions · Discussion on Pain", it is stated that "cold evil resides between the intestines and stomach, beneath the membrane, and the blood cannot disperse, causing pain due to the contraction of small collaterals". Symptoms include sudden stomach pain, aversion to cold and preference for warmth, reduction of pain when the abdomen is warmed, increase of pain when exposed to cold, preference for hot drinks, pale tongue coating, and tight pulse. Thousand Year Health is effective in warming the middle, dispelling cold, harmonizing the stomach, and relieving pain.
Reduces swelling and treats abscesses: In "Compendium of Surgery · Sides", it is stated that "under the armpit, below the buttocks, and between the gallbladder meridian and the liver meridian, if the qi of the two meridians is unbalanced, wind and fire will clash inside the body. Rongyu stagnation and heat accumulation cause swelling and pain". Symptoms include initial swelling resembling plums and apricots, gradually increasing in size, or high swelling like a bowl, redness and pain, extending to the shoulders and back, aversion to cold and fever, lingering without improvement, and eventual rotting and suppuration of the flesh. The pus is not easily discharged, and Thousand Year Health is suitable for treatment. It can help discharge pus and reduce swelling and masses, with excellent results.
[Pharmacological Actions]
Antibacterial effect: Filter paper plate method experiments have shown that the volatile oil of Thousand Year Health has significant inhibitory effects on Brucella (type 544 in cattle, type 16 in sheep, and type 1330 in pigs) grown on plates.
Toxicity: Excessive dosage reactions: In animal experiments, high doses of administration can cause convulsions, opisthotonus, irregular breathing, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest.
Differentiation and application: Both Thousand Year Health and Duhuo have the function of descending and dispelling wind and dampness and treating rheumatic pain. However, Duhuo mainly treats lower back pain, while Thousand Year Health mainly treats heel pain. Although they both enter the kidney meridian, they have different treatment sites.
[Prescriptions with Thousand Year Health]
For the treatment of knee pain and back pain in weak elderly people, especially stiffness and pain in the lumbar and sacral regions, difficulty in bending and stretching: Thousand Year Health, Achyranthes bidentata, Clematis chinensis, Carica papaya, each 9g, Morus twig 15g, Eucommia ulmoides 9g, Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae, Cinnamomum cassia, each 6g, Rehmannia glutinosa 12g, Angelica sinensis 9g, and Tiger bone glue (dissolved) 6g. Decoction and consumption. Thousand Year Health in the prescription can dispel wind and dampness, strengthen tendons and bones, and relieve pain.
