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What is the function and efficacy of Gentiana macrophylla?
Historically, Qin Gui was also called Qin Jiao (Notes on Materia Medica), Qin Jiao (Tang Materia Medica), Qin Zhao (Four Tones of Materia Medica), Zuo Qin Gui (Medical Records), Da Gui, Zuo Ninggen and Zuo Niu. It comes from a plant: Gentiana scabra, and its application site is usually its root, which is the origin of Gentiana scabra. Gentiana macrophylla is similar to a cylinder, with a diameter of 1 ~ 3cm, a rough surface and a length of 10~30cm. The skin of plants is similar to brown, and the texture is hard and easy to break. Bitter taste, classified as liver, gallbladder and stomach meridian. What kind of Chinese medicine does he belong to and what effect does it have?

First of all, Gentiana macrophylla classified it as a rheumatic drug in Chinese medicine textbooks. When in use, the decoction and pill powder are taken orally, which has the functions of expelling wind, removing dampness, relaxing channels and activating collaterals. Therefore, it can treat some rheumatic joint pain (rheumatoid arthritis) clinically. He is also known as one of the essential drugs for arthralgia, muscle twitching (hemiplegia? Symptoms such as internal heat and bone steaming hot flashes caused by yin deficiency.

There are also many prescriptions of Gentiana macrophylla for the treatment of diseases. Here, for example, Daqi Longdan decoction is a prescription for treating wind, which has the effects of expelling wind, eliminating evil and promoting blood circulation, but it is forbidden for patients with internal wind. Longdan Biejia Decoction is effective in treating rheumatic diseases, with clinical manifestations such as bone steaming, hot flashes and night sweats in the afternoon. There are different opinions on the composition of Fangfeng decoction. This refers to the Fangfeng soup in "A Thousand Women in Emergency". According to the data, it is mainly used to treat wind-induced diseases.

If we analyze the efficacy of Gentiana macrophylla from the perspective of western medicine, the data show that it has the following effects: one is anti-inflammatory, the other is calming the central nervous system, lowering blood pressure, raising blood sugar and resisting anaphylactic shock. It can also be seen that Gentiana macrophylla has a remarkable curative effect on diseases.