Achyranthes bidentata, a traditional Chinese medicine, was first seen in Shennong Herbal Classic, which is the root of Achyranthes bidentata, a perennial herb of Amaranthaceae, also known as Achyranthes bidentata. Achyranthes bidentata gets its name because the swollen shape of the stem node of this plant is similar to the knee joint of a cow.
Compatibility and application of Achyranthes bidentata with traditional Chinese medicine
According to records, Achyranthes bidentata is bitter, sour and flat, belonging to the liver and kidney meridians. It has the functions of "promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening bones and muscles, inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria, and reducing blood fire". There are four main types of traditional Chinese medicine applications of Achyranthes bidentata.
First, Achyranthes bidentata promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis.
Achyranthes bidentata has a strong ability of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which can promote blood circulation and dredge menstruation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. It is especially good at regulating menstrual problems caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis in women, and is often used in combination with safflower, angelica and peach kernel.
Achyranthes bidentata can also remove blood stasis to regulate blood stasis syndrome caused by traumatic injury, and is often used with safflower, intermittent and angelica.
Second, Achyranthes bidentata supplements liver and kidney and strengthens bones and muscles.
The liver is the main reinforcement and the kidney is the main bone, so the deficiency of liver and kidney will lead to weakness of bones and muscles, weakness of waist and knees and other symptoms. Achyranthes bidentata has nourishing effect on liver and kidney, and can also strengthen tendons and bones. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen praised Achyranthes bidentata for its nourishing power, such as that of cattle. Achyranthes bidentata is good at medicine, and it is good at conditioning diseases of bones and muscles below the waist.
For patients with liver and kidney deficiency, Achyranthes bidentata can be combined with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, Cynomorium songaricum and dog bone.
Achyranthes bidentata can regulate joint pain of lower limbs caused by cold and dampness, and can be used together with papaya, Stephania tetrandra and Dioscorea zingiberensis.
Third, Achyranthes bidentata draws blood downward.
Achyranthes bidentata is good at descending, which can guide the downward excretion of "heat evil" and blood downward, so it can regulate bleeding symptoms such as hematemesis and gingival bleeding caused by blood heat. It is often used with Cirsium japonicum, Lalang Grass Rhizome and Gardenia.
If it is caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire, it can be used with herbs such as Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and Gypsum.
If the liver yang is hyperactive, the liver wind moves inward and the qi and blood flow upward, Achyranthes bidentata can not only nourish the liver and kidney, but also guide the liver yang to dive. Regulating such diseases is often combined with ochre, raw oyster and raw tortoise shell.
Fourth, Achyranthes bidentata diuretic stranguria.
Achyranthes bidentata is healthy, and it can also promote diuresis and stranguria, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Therefore, Achyranthes bidentata is usually used in combination with Chinese herbal medicines such as Angelica sinensis, Dianthus chinensis and talc. In view of bladder damp-heat and vein injury caused by fiery heat, hematuria and stranguria caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis.
It is worth noting that Achyranthes bidentata, Achyranthes bidentata and Achyranthes bidentata have different names, but different functions. In addition, people with heavy menstrual flow during pregnancy should avoid using Achyranthes bidentata.
Modern research on Achyranthes bidentata
Modern research has found that ecdysterone and Achyranthes bidentata contained in Achyranthes bidentata can obviously reduce hyperglycemia; Ecdysterone can significantly reduce serum total cholesterol and prevent the increase of free cholesterol, thus reducing hyperlipidemia.
In addition, Achyranthes bidentata can improve immunity, whether it is cellular immunity or humoral immunity.
Achyranthes bidentata has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones, so it has become one of the commonly used drugs for soaking medicinal liquor. Achyranthes bidentata is used properly and compatible properly, which can not only regulate diseases, but also preserve health and prolong life.