The efficacy and effects of hairy wintergreen

Mao Dongqing is the root of the branch of the wintergreen family. It is bitter, astringent, flat, and belongs to the lung and heart meridians, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, activating blood circulation and opening blood vessels. Modern pharmacological research shows that there are also antibacterial, anti-influenza virus, cough suppressant, expectorant and other effects, as detailed below.

Clearing heat and detoxifying

Mao Dongqing is the root of Mao Dongqing, a branch of the wintergreen family. It is bitter, astringent, flat, and belongs to the lung and heart meridians, and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying toxins, which can treat various infections of heat toxins, such as burns, carbuncles, and nameless swellings. It can also treat sore throat, sore mouth and tongue, and swollen gums caused by wind-heat colds.

Promote blood circulation and improve blood circulation

Mao Dongqing enters the blood and can disperse stagnant blood and promote the circulation of the meridians. It can treat a variety of diseases with blood vessels obstruction, such as coronary heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, thrombo-occlusive vasculitis, central retinitis, etc.

Expelling phlegm and calming asthma

Aqueous decoction of Mao Dongqing root has cough suppressant effect on cough induced by sulfur dioxide in mice, and the expectorant effect is proved by phenol red method in mice. Therefore, Mao Dongqing can be used for lung-heat cough, treatment of pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.

Increase coronary artery blood flow

Modern pharmacological research proves that Mao Dongqing not only contains many kinds of essential amino acids, vitamins and trace elements such as zinc, manganese and rubidium, but also has the effects of lowering blood lipids, increasing coronary blood flow, increasing blood supply to the heart muscle and anti-atherosclerosis, etc. It has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of dizziness, headache, chest tightness, weakness and insomnia of patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so it is popular among middle-aged and elderly people.

Antibacterial

Preliminary antibacterial test shows that Staphylococcus aureus is extremely sensitive to Mao Dongqing; deformation, dysentery and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are also sensitive to Mao Dongqing. Therefore, Mao Dongqing can be used for bacterial or viral infections caused by dengue, burns, central retinitis, uveitis, and acute purulent inflammation of the skin.

Contraindications of Mao Dongqing

1, suffering from gastric ulcer, hemorrhoids and chronic vascular coagulation patients are not suitable for the use of Mao Dongqing. Because Mao Dongqing has the effect of activating blood circulation after taking it, patients with this chronic bleeding tendency are better off not taking it to avoid aggravation. 2, women during menstruation and pregnancy is contraindicated.