Then some Chinese herbal medicines have sprung up and become familiar to everyone, such as Gastrodia elata, Panax notoginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Maca and so on. Today, I will discuss with you a question that many readers have asked me recently: Can Gastrodia elata powder and Panax notoginseng be eaten together? What better effect does gastrodia elata powder and notoginseng have together?
Function of gastrodia elata powder
Gastrodia elata powder can relieve pain, dispel wind and remove dampness, promote qi circulation and promote blood circulation, and has analgesic, sedative and anticonvulsant effects. The polysaccharide in gastrodia elata powder has immune activity, which can slow down heart rate, lower blood pressure and protect myocardial ischemia. Slightly constrict cerebral vessels, reduce cerebrovascular resistance, increase cerebral blood flow and coronary blood flow.
Question: Can Gastrodia elata powder and Panax notoginseng be eaten together?
Gastrodia elata powder is a rhizome product of Gastrodia elata and a common Chinese herbal medicine. Aliases are also called Red Arrow and Du Yaozhi. Sweet and flat in nature, cavitating in the liver meridian, combined with Qiongzhen Ganoderma lucidum to treat headache and insomnia.
Panax notoginseng is a rhizome product of Panax notoginseng, a powder made from the main root of Panax notoginseng, and the main component of Yunnan Baiyao. Also known as Tianqi powder, gold does not change. Produced in Wenshan, Yunnan, it is warm, sweet and slightly bitter, and enters the liver, stomach and large intestine. It's called North Ginseng and South Sanqi. Ginseng qi first, notoginseng blood first.
Answer: Notoginseng and Gastrodia elata powder are not very similar, so they can be eaten together.
Efficacy and function of gastrodia elata powder and panax notoginseng eating together
Usage: 3 grams of Panax notoginseng and 5 grams of Gastrodia elata, which can be taken after meals if the gastrointestinal tract is not good in the morning and evening.
Indications: treatment and prevention of arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and lowering blood pressure.
It is suggested that 3 grams of gastrodia elata powder in the morning and 3 grams in the evening has a magical effect on the treatment of insomnia in middle-aged and elderly people. It is suitable for patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis, stroke hemiplegia, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hypertension and arrhythmia.
Taboo: First of all, pregnant women can't use it. In principle, except for Sanqi, many drugs can't be taken by pregnant women and are not suitable for menstruating women. Finally, people who have a cold can't eat notoginseng, which will aggravate their condition.
Other compatibility of gastrodia elata
1, gastrodia elata, Uncaria rhynchophylla: both drugs can calm wind, but gastrodia elata is soft and moist, nourishing liver and yin; Uncaria rhynchophylla is sweet in taste, cold in nature, and hot in liver. The combination of the two can calm the liver and calm the wind, and also clear away heat. Used for liver wind, dizziness, headache, numbness of limbs and itching of skin. Fang Rugou Teng Yinzi
2, Gastrodia elata with Pinellia ternata: Gastrodia elata extinguishes the wind, eliminates dizziness and relieves pain, and Pinellia ternata is dry and phlegm. The combination of the two can cure dizziness and headache caused by phlegm.
3, Tianma with Chuanxiong: both drugs can dispel wind and relieve pain. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, expelling pathogenic wind and relieving pain, and can be used for treating headache due to wind phlegm, dizziness and headache.
4. Gastrodia elata and Chuanxiong: Gastrodia elata is sweet, which is a medicine for calming the wind, sweet and urgent for relieving the liver. Chuanxiong is pungent and warm, but does not keep it. Although it enters the blood, it is also good at expelling wind and relieving pain. Another hero runs blood gas, the blood circulation is wonderful, and the blood circulation is self-extinguishing. Both of them can calm the internal wind and dispel the external wind, and can treat dizziness and headache caused by wind phlegm.
5. Gastrodia elata and Cabbage: Gastrodia elata calms the wind and calms the shock, and Wei Zi activates blood. The combination of the two can promote blood circulation, dispel wind, dredge menstruation and relieve pain, and treat headache caused by liver wind and blood stasis.
The efficacy and function of Gastrodia elata can be summarized as "three resistances, three tonics and one tonic", that is, anti-epilepsy, anti-convulsion, anti-rheumatism, sedation, spasmolysis, analgesia and nourishing. It's different from notoginseng, but it can be taken at the same time.
In daily life, when you eat Gastrodia elata or other Chinese herbal medicines, you should try to use it with other Chinese herbal medicines to improve the curative effect. At the same time, you must pay attention to some compatibility taboos to avoid adverse effects.