The efficacy and effects of maitake

Mai Dong, also called Mai Men Dong, is slightly cold, sweet in taste, slightly bitter, belongs to the lung, stomach and sex meridian, and is suitable for stomach yin deficiency, heat injury to stomach yin, lung yin deficiency and heart yin deficiency, etc. What are the effects and functions of Mai Dong?

Treatment of diabetes

The main mechanism is that maitake can act on pancreatic islets, promote the recovery of pancreatic islet cell function, increase liver glycogen, and also has the effect of regulating insulin secretion, which has a very obvious role in promoting the reduction of blood glucose, and the main component of many hypoglycemic drugs is maitake saponin. Remedy: 30 grams of rhizome, 15 grams of maitake, and 12 grams of Zhi Mu. How to do it: First, decoct for 30 minutes on low heat, strain out the decoction, add 500 ml of water to the dregs, boil on high heat and then change to low heat for 20 minutes, remove the dregs and extract the juice, mix the two decoctions, and take 1 dose daily.

Anti-inflammatory

Modern medicine shows that maitake contains a lot of steroidal saponins, including A, B, C, D four saponins, of which A, B, D three all belong to the luskoside element, this saponin has a significant anti-inflammatory effect, mainly by reducing capillary permeability and regulation of prostate function, thus promoting the body to secrete the relevant inhibitory enzymes, on G + bacteria and anti-elastase have a certain inhibitory effect, can anti-inflammatory Anti-inflammatory.

Anti-thrombotic

Maitake contains β-sitosterol and alongsticin, both of which have the effect of blood lipids in the sky, especially the strong effect of β-sitosterol, which is the main drug used clinically for the treatment of type II hyperlipidemia and the prevention of atherosclerosis, therefore, the consumption of Maitake can reduce the concentration of cholesterol in the serum and reduce the risk of thrombosis. Remedy: 45 grams of maitake, add water and decoct to 30-40 ml, take in divided doses for 3 to 18 months.

Promote cough

In Chinese medicine, maitong is considered to have the function of nourishing yin, promoting the production of body fluid, moistening the lung and relieving cough. It can be used to relieve and treat the deficiency of spleen and stomach, dry mouth and tongue, dry cough and blood, etc. It is also useful to relieve palpitations caused by deficiency of heart yin and dryness after heat illness. Recipe: Mai Dong, Tian Dong, Zhi Mu, Chuan Bei Mu, Bai Bu 9 grams each, Sha Shen 12 grams. Take with water, 1 dose daily.

Laxative for bowel movement

It contains a large amount of cellulose and lignin, which has a stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract after consumption. It can absorb water and swell in the stomach, making the water in the food residue more abundant, moistening the stool and promoting the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract to accelerate the excretion of stool. Remedy: 15 grams each of Mai Dong, Sheng Di and Xuan Shen. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily.

Contraindications of maitong

1. Patients with weak qi and cold stomach are not suitable to take maitong, which may affect their health. 2. It is not advisable to consume carp when drinking Ma Dong in water, otherwise it will easily affect the medicinal effect. 3. Ma Dong can treat coughs and sore throats, but if it is a patient with damp phlegm caused by stomach cold, then it is best not to use it. 4. If you have a cough when suffering from measles, then this symptom is also not suitable for taking maitake.