Shuo Ze, a Chinese medicine, also known as Ji Guo Cao. It is the whole herb or root of the honeysuckle family plant Shuo Ze. It has the effects of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, clearing heat and detoxification, dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and promoting menstruation and bone healing. It is mainly used to treat various inflammatory diseases. Shuo Ze can also treat chronic bronchitis. Let's analyze it for you!
Shuo Ze for Treating Chronic Bronchitis
Boil 4 liang of fresh stems and leaves of Shuo Ze with water for about 1 hour, take it three times a day, and take it for 10 days as one course of treatment.
Treatment of 183 cases, after three courses of treatment, short-term control in 40 cases (26.7%), significant improvement in 62 cases (33.8%), improvement in 56 cases (30.6%), and no effect in 16 cases (8.9%). According to observations, there is no significant difference in the effectiveness between different types of the disease, but the efficiency above significant improvement is significantly higher in the wheezing type than in the simple type; it also has a certain therapeutic effect on patients with coexisting pulmonary emphysema.
This product can relieve bronchial smooth muscle spasms, so it has a good anti-asthmatic effect; it also has a certain cough-relieving and phlegm-expelling effect, but the anti-inflammatory effect is poor, and some effects are not consolidated, and the time for the drug to take effect is also slow.
During the treatment, 2 cases had mild dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain after taking the medicine, and 1 case had allergic purpura. In addition, Shuo Ze nasal drops and Stinky Herb volatile oil capsules were also used, and they all had certain short-term effects.
Shuo Ze Cultivation
Shuo Ze prefers a shady and humid environment and is not strict in soil selection. Generally, deep and fertile soil can be used for cultivation. It is mainly propagated by rhizomes and is carried out from late February to early March.
Dig up the underground rhizomes of the mother plants and select the thick and sprout-bearing ones. Cut them into small segments of 10-20cm in length for planting. Open a trench with a row spacing of about 50cm, with a depth of 10cm. Place the rhizome segments flat in the trench, cover with compost and wood ash, and then press the soil firmly.
After emergence, combine inter-row cultivation and weeding, and apply one application of livestock manure water as top dressing. Combine field cleaning before winter with one soil cultivation.
Shuo Ze Medicinal Properties
The taste of Shuo Ze in Chinese medicine is sweet, sour, and warm.
① "Bie Lu": "Sour taste, warm. Poisonous."
② "Selected Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Pungent, astringent, warm."
③ "Sichuan Chinese Medicine": "Sweet, light taste, slightly warm."
④ "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Sweet, light, slightly bitter, neutral."
According to "Changsha Pharmacological Explanation": "Enters the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian."
Shuo Ze's Effects: Dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and resolving stasis.
Mainly used for rheumatic pain, nephritis edema, foot qi edema, dysentery, jaundice, chronic bronchitis, wind rash itching, erysipelas, abscess swelling, bruises, fractures.
Dosage: Internal use: decoction, 6-13g (fresh product 96-130g); mashed juice or soaked in alcohol. External use: decoction for bathing or mashed for application.
