The efficacy and effects of Phellodendron leaf

September 5, 2023

Lateral cypress leaves are the dried branches and leaves of the cypress family, which are produced in most areas of the country. It is bitter, astringent, cold, and belongs to the lung, liver and spleen meridians, and is one of the commonly used drugs to stop bleeding. The efficacy and effects of cypress leaves are mainly reflected in the following aspects.

cooling the blood to stop bleeding

The bitter cold nature of the leaves, good at clearing blood heat, its astringent taste and astringent effect, can be used to treat a variety of bleeding disorders, its fried carbon will significantly enhance the hemostatic effect, especially in the treatment of various blood heat bleeding effect is best.

Relieve phlegm and cough

The bitter taste of Phellodendron is able to lower the drainage, cold in nature to clear heat, and enters the lung meridian, so it has the effect of clearing lung heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is suitable for coughs with lung heat and thick phlegm that are difficult to cough.

Hair growth

It can be used for the treatment of premature graying of the hair and hair loss due to blood heat.

Dispersing swelling and toxicity

The bitter-cold leaves of Phellodendron are bitter enough to remove heat, light enough to disperse, cold enough to clear heat and enter the liver and spleen meridians, so they can disperse swelling and toxicity.

Antibacterial and antiviral

The alcoholic extract of Cyperus rotundus leaf has a strong inhibitory effect on the living synthesis of leukocytes, and can exert anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the activity of 5-lipoxygenase and components of cyclooxygenase. In addition, the aqueous decoction of Phellodendron spp. has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, and its alcoholic extract has a stronger inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus than the aqueous decoction, and it also has an inhibitory effect on Catacoccus, Bacillus dysenteriae, and diphtheria sensation; the extract of Phellodendron spp. contains phenolic substances, which have the effect of anti-Candida activity.

Expectorant and asthma

The flavonoid substances in the leaves of Phellodendron have obvious expectorant effect. The decoction of Phellodendron leaves has a relaxing effect on the tracheal smooth muscle of animals after alcoholic precipitation, and can partially block the effect of acetylcholine, suggesting that it has an asthma-relieving effect.

Sedation

The decoction of Phellodendron spp. was able to significantly reduce spontaneous floating and prolong the resting time of sedation in animals, although its sedative effect had no antagonistic effect on morphine-induced convulsions.

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