Efficacy of Polygonum cuspidatum

Eliminating wind and dampness

For rheumatoid arthritis with joint swelling and pain and fever, it can dispel wind and dampness, clear heat and cool blood, dredge collaterals and relieve pain.

For postpartum joint pain, 60g of this product and 500ml of yellow wine can be soaked for 7 days, 30ml each time, and taken twice a day.

promoting blood circulation to remove meridian obstruction

For amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, it can be combined with processed ginger and peach kernel.

It can be used for traumatic injury, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, and can be decocted with single water or washed with decocted water for external use.

clearing heat and promoting diuresis

For icteric hepatitis and cholecystitis, it can be combined with other heat-clearing and dampness-relieving drugs.

It can be used for acute urinary tract infection and burning pain of urine, and can be combined with other heat-clearing and dampness-relieving drugs.

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For acute and chronic sore throat, it can be combined with Fructus Forsythiae, Rhizoma Belamcandae, Lasiosphaera seu Bubali and Radix Isatidis.

For toothache caused by wind-fire, it can be combined with gypsum, Coptidis Rhizoma and Asarum.

For scald, it can be decocted and wet applied to clear away heat and toxic materials, cool blood and relieve pain.

For snake bite, this product is only taken by decocting in water.

Cooling blood and relieving pain

It can be used for allergic purple spots or haemorrhoids, and can be used with other blood cooling hemostatic and antidotes.

[Identification Application]

Polygonum cuspidatum and Spatholobus stem are both blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs, but their effects are different. Spatholobus stem is sweet and warm, and has the effect of enriching blood, so it is most suitable for treating blood stasis and blood deficiency syndrome Polygonum cuspidatum is bitter and cold, which can cool blood and remove blood stasis. It is suitable for people with blood heat, stasis and fever.

Polygonum cuspidatum, Curcuma longa and Curcuma zedoariae are all blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing products, which are used to treat blood coagulation and qi stagnation. However, Polygonum cuspidatum is cold in medicine, can cool blood and detoxify, and can also be used for sore and swollen poison.