This state, which consumes the qi and blood of the liver and cannot relax and rest, seems to be particularly prone to internal wind in Chinese medicine. It is characterized by head swelling (meaning busy till the end), dizziness, sweating, always a little wet hair and poor sleep quality. ...
In addition, the year of Renyin in 2022, which is about to enter the year of Muyunwang, is windy all the year round, sensitive to wood, and there are many colds at the turn of winter and spring, and people with spring breath have many diseases. Some people (especially women) with liver-blood deficiency and weak constitution are easily disturbed by common cold, and have symptoms such as headache, dizziness, fidgeting, insomnia at night, tinnitus and dizziness.
Recently, a colleague told me that she worked overtime for a few days, and the cold wind blew on her way to and from work, and she felt dizzy and painful, and her temples suddenly jumped up, and her shoulders and neck were tight and sour (this is also a sign that the wind was in place).
So, I took some gastrodia elata and told her to eat two pieces of stewed chicken or ribs at a time, and I could also add some codonopsis pilosula, medlar and red dates, and eat them two or three times a week. As a result, after more than ten days, she told me that her headache was basically gone and her shoulder and neck were relieved!
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What is gastrodia elata? Why is it so effective?
Speaking of it, I am also complaining about Gastrodia elata, which is the top-grade herb in Shennong's herbal classics, second only to ginseng and ahead of Ganoderma lucidum. "Long-term service can benefit qi and nourish yin, be fat and healthy, be relaxed and happy, and prolong life."
Li Shizhen even thought: "Gastrodia elata is the first tonic. Unfortunately, the world only uses it to cure the wind. " Zhang Zicong, a famous doctor in the early Qing Dynasty, praised him for "five kinds of ganoderma lucidum and five kinds of ginseng" (five kinds of ganoderma lucidum and five kinds of ginseng).
Gastrodia elata is a godsend for nourishing liver, dispelling wind and calming nerves, and maintaining cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, due to the harsh growth conditions, the artificial cultivation technology matured late, and few people knew it.
So, what is the specific function of Gastrodia elata? In China Pharmacopoeia, the word 12 is used to summarize: calming the wind and stopping spasm, calming the liver and suppressing yang, expelling wind and dredging collaterals.
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It may not be easy for everyone to understand just saying this. Let's see how it works.
1. Gastrodia elata can nourish and calm the liver and treat wind diseases such as headache and dizziness.
Persistent and recurrent headache is also called "head wind" in Chinese medicine. A headwind that hurts on one side is called migraine.
One reason why it is called "wind" is that when the head wind strikes, the pain is good, sometimes it is afraid of the wind and the cold, or it is aggravated when you are tired and angry. Pain is pain, pain is changeable, and it comes and goes like the wind.
As the saying goes, "all wind-induced dizziness belongs to the liver wood", and all kinds of wind syndromes and dizziness in traditional Chinese medicine are related to the liver.
Anger and rage, liver qi upwelling will lead to headache and dizziness; Internal movement of liver wind can lead to headache and dizziness; Deficiency of liver and kidney yin fluid and liver blood deficiency can also cause headache and dizziness.
Gastrodia elata is a herb for treating wind, which Li Shizhen called "Dingfeng Grass".
Gastrodia elata is a drug for liver qi, which can calm liver yang and reduce hyperactivity. Yang hyperactivity is easy to cause wind, and gastrodia elata has a mild temperature, which can also slow down liver qi, stop the "wind" of liver meridian, and stop wind and dispel wind.
The most important thing is that Gastrodia elata is soft, thick and firm, which can fundamentally nourish and nourish liver yin, liver blood, promote fluid production and relieve exterior wind. The liver hides the soul, so gastrodia elata can soothe the nerves.
No wonder "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "The eyes are black and dizzy, and the wind is weak, so gastrodia elata is incurable. Heaven is a wind-fixing grass, so it is a magic medicine for wind. 」
It can be said that Gastrodia elata can not only calm and protect the liver, but also nourish the liver and soothe the nerves. If you are stressed, stay up late, have a headache and dizziness, have blood deficiency and are afraid of the wind, or middle-aged people tend to wake up at night, be restless and insomnia, and have trembling limbs, you can try Gastrodia elata.
Second, gastrodia elata is good for blood vessels, which can help lower blood pressure and prevent stroke.
There are many reasons for hypertension from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, including blood stasis, phlegm-dampness, hyperactivity of liver yang or endogenous movement of liver wind.
Gastrodia elata has the functions of calming liver, calming wind, resolving phlegm, nourishing yin and inhibiting liver yang. The key is mild nature, which can be used in combination with cold and heat deficiency (Chinese medicine).
Tianma Gouteng Decoction is used in TCM clinic to treat dizziness, tinnitus, headache, irritability, less sleep and more dreams caused by hypertension with hyperactivity of liver yang. There is Banxia Baizhu Tianma Decoction to treat dizziness, headache, chest tightness, fullness and nausea caused by hypertension with liver wind and phlegm turbidity. (If you have symptoms, please see a doctor. Don't take it without authorization. This article does not represent a commitment to treatment. )
A large number of studies have also confirmed the antihypertensive effect of Gastrodia elata: "Gastrodia elata has the functions of lowering blood pressure, reducing peripheral vascular resistance and improving vascular compliance." (Shan Yameng, Wang Yang, Xu Guicheng. Research Progress of Gastrodia elata in Treating Hypertension [J]. World Traditional Chinese Medicine, 20 17,12 (12): 3182-3185. )
In addition, we know that friends with high blood pressure are most afraid of stroke.
Blood vessels are most afraid of becoming hard and brittle, and when hypertension occurs, cerebrovascular arteries are hardened, phlegm and blood stasis accumulate, and blood vessels are further narrowed, which is easy to induce cerebral embolism, ischemia or rupture, causing stroke symptoms such as hemiplegia and aphasia.
Modern research has found that gastrodin can "enhance blood vessel elasticity, buffer blood pressure", "increase blood flow and improve cerebral circulation", that is to say, gastrodin can make blood vessels soft, smooth and elastic.
"Rihuazi Materia Medica" also said: Gastrodia elata "promotes blood circulation and enlightens people". Why can gastrodia elata dredge blood vessels? It is precisely because it is soft and juicy that it can nourish the body fluid lacking in blood vessels and make them elastic and run smoothly.
Gastrodia elata itself can extinguish wind and suppress liver yang. Therefore, Gastrodia elata can not only lower blood pressure, but also be beneficial to blood vessels and help prevent stroke. People over 40 years old, especially those with three highs, irritability, smoking and drinking, eat gastrodia elata in moderation is beneficial to the maintenance of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Thirdly, Gastrodia elata can improve intelligence and brain, improve memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Modern pharmacological research has confirmed this point:
Gastrodia elata contains gastrodin, gastrodin aglycone and other substances, which can directly act on the central nervous system (this substance is very rare) and protect the brain from harmful substances.
Zhu Liangchun, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, also said that Gastrodia elata is a good medicine for treating Alzheimer's Harmo's disease.
Moreover, gastrodia elata is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food, and its temper is very peaceful. Even if there is no wind disease, most people can eat it, especially those who use more brains and consume vaginal fluid. If they use too much, they will lack something.
People who are often dizzy, prone to blank, and have poor memory, or children who study more homework and use more brains, always feel confused and tired. You can use some gastrodia elata to make soup, which is very beneficial to keep a clear head and clear memory.
Gastrodia elata can also treat cramps, rheumatism and numbness of limbs.
There is a word "hemp" in the name of Gastrodia elata, which can be said to be specially born for numbness.
Numbness of hands and feet, unfavorable joint activity, usually caused by qi and blood obstruction and meridian obstruction. Gastrodia elata can dispel wind and dredge collaterals (traditional Chinese medicine), and it is also used to treat epilepsy and hemiplegia in clinic.
"Kaibao Materia Medica": "(Gastrodia elata) treats rheumatism, limb contracture, infantile wind epilepsy, convulsion, benefiting waist and knees and strengthening tendons. 」
Middle-aged and elderly people have rheumatism. Moderate consumption of Gastrodia elata+Notoginseng Radix is helpful for removing blood stasis and dredging collaterals, dispelling pathogenic factors such as wind, cold, phlegm and dampness, smoothing qi and blood, and improving symptoms such as joint pain, numbness and unfavorable flexion and extension.
Some people cramp, and they often cramp at night. When they were in the middle of sleep, they were suddenly awakened by pain. It is useless to supplement a lot of calcium. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main reinforcement of the liver is mostly the manifestation of liver blood deficiency, nourishing tendons and dredging veins.
At this time, you can use 10g Gastrodia elata and 10g Radix Paeoniae Alba to stew ribs soup. Eat it two or three times a week during the attack, which can nourish blood and soften the liver, nourish yin and nourish blood, and stop spasm.
Gastrodia elata daily recipe
To this end, Dharma Premium, together with Zheng 'an Pharmacy, sent an experienced team of pharmacists to visit different producing areas many times. Finally, I brought back this model-Wutianma in Xiaocaoba, Zhaotong, Yunnan: the "imitation wild" virgin forest grows, and it is excavated from winter to the future, and the source is directly mined, without sulfur and bad mixing. How to eat the hemp bought that day? I'll provide you with some gastrodia elata snacks that ordinary people can eat every day. Friends in need can choose to eat twice a week, combining medicine and food.
1, people who are stressed by staying up late, prone to headache and dizziness, weak body and weak blood, and afraid of the wind can stew black-bone chicken 250g, dried Gastrodia elata 10g, Chuanxiong 10g, 2 slices of ginger, proper amount of red dates and Lycium barbarum for about 40 minutes.
2. Hypertension, especially liver wind disorder, is characterized by red tongue, bad temper and insomnia. It can be stewed with 1 crucian carp (or fish head), 10g dried gastrodia elata, appropriate amount of cooking wine, onion, ginger and salt.
3. People who use too much brains for study and work, have poor memory, and are forgetful and dizzy can use a pair of pig brains, gastrodia elata 10g, a little medlar, onion, ginger and salt stew. (However, people with brain chills, hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease should not eat it. They can use ribs or pork instead. )
Others include stewed eggs with gastrodia elata, stewed pigeons with gastrodia elata and so on. You can mix it yourself and try more healthy and delicious food. Note: this product is a dual-purpose food for medicine and food, and is not used for treatment or commitment. It is not suitable to take it every day for a long time. Not suitable for people with extremely weak spleen and stomach and pregnant women. When cooking, adults eat 1-2 tablets, children eat half, and children aged 3 and above can eat them. It is not suitable to take with spicy things; Gout, cold and fever are not suitable.