Cornus officinalis has been used as medicine for thousands of years. Because of its bright red color and shape like jujube, people in many places will also call it Xiaoshan jujube, meat jujube, waist jujube, jujube skin and so on. Cornus officinalis is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, which is helpful to people's health, whether as a medicine to prevent diseases or as a health food.

1, help people tonify liver and kidney

Cornus officinalis tastes sour, and acid medicine can help people have a good convergence and convergence. In addition, the efficacy of Cornus officinalis is warm, so it has a good warming effect, especially for those with liver and kidney deficiency. Taking it as medicine can often play a very good nourishing role.

People with liver and kidney deficiency often have symptoms such as dizziness, premature gray hair, weakness of bones and muscles, etc. Directly using Cornus officinalis as medicine can effectively alleviate the above situation. In traditional Chinese medicine, Cornus officinalis is often mixed with Chinese yam, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Poria and other medicinal materials, which is actually called' Liuwei Dihuang', which is very helpful to people's health.

In addition, Cornus officinalis can also play a tonic role as a medicine for some cases of physical weakness, cold limbs and unfavorable physical weakness. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used in combination with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Achyranthes bidentata, Eucommia ulmoides, Cinnamomum cassia and Angelica sinensis. This is also effective for helping people warm up.

2. Help people consolidate essence and blood.

Liver can nourish blood and kidney can store essence, so it can help people consolidate liver and kidney, and also help people consolidate essence and blood. Moreover, Cornus officinalis is moist, warm but not dry and greasy, which is a very good health care effect.

For example, some men are often accompanied by enuresis, nocturnal emission, qi deficiency and fatigue. Because of their weak constitution or unstable essence caused by acquired factors, they can consider using Cornus officinalis to nourish their bodies. In traditional Chinese medicine, Fructus Corni is often combined with Fructus Lycii, Herba Cistanches, Semen Cuscutae, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Ootheca Mantidis and Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae, which is very helpful for men's health.

For some women, due to liver and kidney malnutrition and other reasons, such as deficiency of qi and blood, menstrual disorder, metrorrhagia, etc., Cornus officinalis can also be used to supplement. At this time, Cornus officinalis can be used with Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Astragali, etc. It is also very helpful to help people replenish qi and blood.

3. Help people stop sweating and asthma.

People with liver and kidney deficiency often show signs of physical weakness. At this time, they are often accompanied by spontaneous sweating and asthma. For this kind of spontaneous sweating fatigue, Cornus officinalis can play a convergence role.

For example, if people with weak constitution and lack of vitality are often accompanied by the above situation, Cornus officinalis is often combined with ginseng, Schisandra chinensis, keel and astragalus, or Schisandra chinensis is added to Liuwei Dihuang decoction, which can play an obvious role in sweating and nourishing.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. For some people who don't need tonic, Cornus officinalis is not suitable for long-term use. Because Cornus officinalis has a good astringent effect, if there is damp-heat accumulation in it, it will help to increase damp-heat pathogens.