What is sweet autumn clematis(Wei Ling Xian)?
Clematis terniflora, a member in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, is native to Asia. Although deemed as an invasive species in a few areas, this vigorous woody vine has been cultivated in parts of North America mainly for landscaping purpose. Its pinnately compound leaves are opposite. White flowers usually open in September and attract many bees because of its sweet fragrance. By the way, it is commonly known as leatherleaf clematis too in some locations.
In China its dried root, namely Radix Clematidi in Pharmaceutical Latin, has long been used as a wind-damp expelling drug. Besides of clematis terniflora, many other species in the same genus are also considered with the same medicinal uses. They include Clematis chinensis Osbeck, Clematis hexapetala Pall., Clematis manshurica Rupr., C. meyeniana Walp., C. florida Thunb., C. uncinata Champ ex Benth., C. lasiandra Maxim., C. finetiana Levl. et Vant., and so on. Among them, the c. chinensis, mainly produced in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang, is the most widely used species. Its root is normally dug out in fall. Next, the dirt should be removed before it is dried in the sun. Medicinally it is used cut and raw.
Clematis terniflora health benefits
Rheumatism is a common disease that will bring the sufferers nothing but pain. As one of main ingredients in Chinese herbal medicine for rheumatic disease, it works fast and efficiently. So, how was it found with this amazing healing power? In fact, this is a legend every generation tells the next. In ancient times, there was a person who couldn’t walk for more than 10 years because of suffering from rheumatism. He had been visited by many good doctors and none of them could help. His family was being forced to carry him to the street to try his luck. Fortunately, a monk came across and told him that there was an herb that could be the cure. It turned out that a few days after the medication this person was able to walk again. Now you may have already known what herb was used above. Ever since then it is widely used medicinally.
From the point of view of TCM, it is good at treating Bi syndrome, which refers to the main clinical sign of rheumatic fever, Rheumatoid Arthritis, reactive arthritis, fibrositis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Gout, Osteoarthritis, etc. The reason it works in the treatment of migratory arthralgia and wandering limb, joint pain is that it is cursorial in nature and with stronger ability of activating meridians to stop pain.
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2018年1月21日星期日
Nervous tension, anxiety treated with TCM sandalwood
What is sandalwood(Santalum Album, Tan Xiang)?
It refers to the woody heartwood of Santalum album L., which is a member in the family Santalaceae. Other common names of this herb are Chandana, Sandal Tree, Yellow Saunders, Lignum Santali Albi, Chandan, White Sandalwood, sandal wood, Tanxiang, Sanderswood, Bai Tan, Yellow Sandalwood, and White Saunders, more. It is mainly produced in India, Australia, and Indonesia. In China it is distributed in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Taiwan. The preferable harvesting season is summer. After the harvest, it needs to remove the sapwood and chip or cut into extremely thin slices with a special knife. Medicinally it is usually used raw.
Sandalwood benefits
It highly aromatic heartwood can be used to make artifacts and medicine. In temples it is burned directly or in the form of incense sticks to worship Buddha. As mentioned above, Santalum Album is a semi-parasitic plant, which grows very slowly and usually takes decades of years to grow to full size. That makes it one of the slowest growing trees but the mature trees can be up to 10 meters. This tree is so delicate that its seedlings survive only when parasiting on plants of phoenix tree, ormosia hosiei, Acacia rachii, and the like. As a result, the production of sandalwood is very limited. For that reason, since ancient time it has long been the rare, expensive wood and gift from nature. Today synthetic fragrances and perfumes dominate the world. But compared to this valuable natural spice, they are actually nothing.
Sandalwood as medicine and worship tool has a long history, which was recorded in the ancient Sanskrit classics and Chinese medicinal books. Sandalwood essential oil was used in religious rituals long time ago. It is said that ancient Egyptians imported sandalwood for a variety of purposes, including medicine, antisepsis, worship in religious ceremonies, and carving art. Actually many statues of the Buddha were directed carved with sandalwood wood. Ayurveda, a traditional medicine system from the Indian subcontinent, points out that it owns tonic, astringent, and antipyretic properties. And sandalwood paste was and is used to treat skin inflammation, abscesses and tumors. Similarly, this is also an important herb in traditional Chinese medicine. Today it is still widely used in treatment of various symptoms, such as biliary disease, cystitis, gonorrhea, abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. What’s more, it especially works wonders for chapped skin, housewives’ eczema, dark spots on skin and face, insect bites, and the like. This herb has so many health benefits, but the top 5 are as follows:
1) Psychological effectiveness. Smelling scent with a sandalwood diffuser is a good way for relaxing since it can soothe nervous tension and anxiety. In addition, it receives a positive response from many users who often find themselves in the state of being obsessed and want to improve it;
2) Physiological effects. It is extremely helpful to the genitourinary system. It can improve cystitis. When used to massage the kidney area, it is able to clear blood and reduce inflammation; its aphrodisiac properties can improve sexual problems, such as frigidity and Impotence; it make patients who suffer from mucosal inflammation feel comfortable and sleep better. It can stimulate the immune system to prevent bacterial infection; it has a preventive action on allergic skin, benefits dry Eczema and aging dry skin, makes the skin softer, and improves itchy or inflamed skin; the use of sandalwood incense or other products can help sleep.
3) Cosmetic effect. Pure sandalwood oil is suitable for aging, dry skin. It can promote skin metabolism, speed up the growth and renewal of skin cell, accelerate the healing of wounds and scars, and help repair damaged skin cells. In addition, it also has good antibacterial effect, which can improve skin conditions like irritation and itch and thereby get rid of Acne. So, you can improve your skin by homemade sandalwood mask.
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It refers to the woody heartwood of Santalum album L., which is a member in the family Santalaceae. Other common names of this herb are Chandana, Sandal Tree, Yellow Saunders, Lignum Santali Albi, Chandan, White Sandalwood, sandal wood, Tanxiang, Sanderswood, Bai Tan, Yellow Sandalwood, and White Saunders, more. It is mainly produced in India, Australia, and Indonesia. In China it is distributed in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Taiwan. The preferable harvesting season is summer. After the harvest, it needs to remove the sapwood and chip or cut into extremely thin slices with a special knife. Medicinally it is usually used raw.
Sandalwood benefits
It highly aromatic heartwood can be used to make artifacts and medicine. In temples it is burned directly or in the form of incense sticks to worship Buddha. As mentioned above, Santalum Album is a semi-parasitic plant, which grows very slowly and usually takes decades of years to grow to full size. That makes it one of the slowest growing trees but the mature trees can be up to 10 meters. This tree is so delicate that its seedlings survive only when parasiting on plants of phoenix tree, ormosia hosiei, Acacia rachii, and the like. As a result, the production of sandalwood is very limited. For that reason, since ancient time it has long been the rare, expensive wood and gift from nature. Today synthetic fragrances and perfumes dominate the world. But compared to this valuable natural spice, they are actually nothing.
Sandalwood as medicine and worship tool has a long history, which was recorded in the ancient Sanskrit classics and Chinese medicinal books. Sandalwood essential oil was used in religious rituals long time ago. It is said that ancient Egyptians imported sandalwood for a variety of purposes, including medicine, antisepsis, worship in religious ceremonies, and carving art. Actually many statues of the Buddha were directed carved with sandalwood wood. Ayurveda, a traditional medicine system from the Indian subcontinent, points out that it owns tonic, astringent, and antipyretic properties. And sandalwood paste was and is used to treat skin inflammation, abscesses and tumors. Similarly, this is also an important herb in traditional Chinese medicine. Today it is still widely used in treatment of various symptoms, such as biliary disease, cystitis, gonorrhea, abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. What’s more, it especially works wonders for chapped skin, housewives’ eczema, dark spots on skin and face, insect bites, and the like. This herb has so many health benefits, but the top 5 are as follows:
1) Psychological effectiveness. Smelling scent with a sandalwood diffuser is a good way for relaxing since it can soothe nervous tension and anxiety. In addition, it receives a positive response from many users who often find themselves in the state of being obsessed and want to improve it;
2) Physiological effects. It is extremely helpful to the genitourinary system. It can improve cystitis. When used to massage the kidney area, it is able to clear blood and reduce inflammation; its aphrodisiac properties can improve sexual problems, such as frigidity and Impotence; it make patients who suffer from mucosal inflammation feel comfortable and sleep better. It can stimulate the immune system to prevent bacterial infection; it has a preventive action on allergic skin, benefits dry Eczema and aging dry skin, makes the skin softer, and improves itchy or inflamed skin; the use of sandalwood incense or other products can help sleep.
3) Cosmetic effect. Pure sandalwood oil is suitable for aging, dry skin. It can promote skin metabolism, speed up the growth and renewal of skin cell, accelerate the healing of wounds and scars, and help repair damaged skin cells. In addition, it also has good antibacterial effect, which can improve skin conditions like irritation and itch and thereby get rid of Acne. So, you can improve your skin by homemade sandalwood mask.
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2018年1月7日星期日
TCM Panax notoginseng, one of the best herbs for blood stasis
What is Tienchi ginseng(Panax Notoginseng, San Qi)?
When particularly used as a medicine, it refers to the dried root of Panax notoginseng (Burk) F. H. Chen (PNG). Along with ginseng, this is a species belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae. Because of its amazing medicinal uses on checking bleeding, people have given it quite a few different names, such as Tianqi, pseudoginseng root, Sanqi, Nepal ginseng, Sanchi, three-seven root, Himalayan ginseng, mountain paint, Radix Notoginseng, and more. In China it is mainly produced in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. It is usually dug out in late summer early autumn before the bloom time or in winter after the seeds mature. Based on the different collecting seasons, it can also be divided into "Chun Qi" (Spring Seven) and "Dong Qi" (winter seven). Before used to treat medical problems, it still needs to remove dirt, clean, and dry in the sun. And it is normally used raw or ground.
Panax notoginseng is a perennial herb. Bamboo-root-like rhizome is short, crosswise, and with 2 or more than 2 fleshy roots that is cylindrical, about 2 to 4cm long, and about 1cm in diameter, and with longitudinal wrinkles when dried. Solitary stem is about 40cm in height, glabrous, with vertical stripes and base with persistent scales. 4 palmately compound leaves forming one whorl at the top of stem. Single umbel is acrogenous, about 3.5cm in diameter, and with 20 to 50 flowers; peduncle is about 12cm in length, hairless, and with vertical stripes; pedicels is slender, hairless, and about 1cm long; bracts are unconspicuous; flowers are yellow-green; cuppy calyx, male calyx being top-shaped, is with edge that has 5 triangular teeth; petals are 5; stamens are 5; ovary is with 2 rooms; styles are 2 (but the pistillode in male flowers is 1), free, and anaclastic. No fruits are found. Habitats are confined to a narrow zone that is near latitude 23.5° and 1,500 to 1800 meters above sea level in southwest China. The wild species are rare and now most of them are cultivated.
Tienchi ginseng benefits
As a native produce to Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, it is one of the earliest medicinal and edible plants. Since ancient times it has been recognized as one of the best herbs to promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, reduce inflammation, and relieve pain. Thanks for that amazing healing properties, it enjoys a high reputation and people used to call it "more precious than gold" and "miraculous grass from Southland."
It is more than just a hemostatic herb. As a matter of fact, it also generates and invigorates blood. In the past it was once considered such a priceless drug that no one was willing to exchange it even for gold. Today it becomes one of favorite tonic. Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi (Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica), a famous medical work written in Qing Dynasty, had ever given a good review on this herb, "Panax ginseng is the No.1 pick on tonifying Qi while Panax notoginseng is the second-to-none choice on enriching the blood. Because of the same flavor and healing properties, it is thus called Tienchi ginseng, which is the most precious one in all Chinese herbs."
And here is the fact you probably don’t know – Yunnan Baiyao and Pien Tze Huang, the most popular medicines used in surgery and traumatology departments, are based on the ingredient notoginseng. Therefore, it is widely used for a range of different diseases, such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hyphema, cerebral thrombosis, Hyperlipidemia, sequelae of concussion, prostatic hypertrophy, bed sores, severe hepatitis, Coronary Heart Disease, lung disease, keloids, postoperative adhesions, Hemorrhoids, and more.
When particularly used as a medicine, it refers to the dried root of Panax notoginseng (Burk) F. H. Chen (PNG). Along with ginseng, this is a species belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae. Because of its amazing medicinal uses on checking bleeding, people have given it quite a few different names, such as Tianqi, pseudoginseng root, Sanqi, Nepal ginseng, Sanchi, three-seven root, Himalayan ginseng, mountain paint, Radix Notoginseng, and more. In China it is mainly produced in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. It is usually dug out in late summer early autumn before the bloom time or in winter after the seeds mature. Based on the different collecting seasons, it can also be divided into "Chun Qi" (Spring Seven) and "Dong Qi" (winter seven). Before used to treat medical problems, it still needs to remove dirt, clean, and dry in the sun. And it is normally used raw or ground.
Panax notoginseng is a perennial herb. Bamboo-root-like rhizome is short, crosswise, and with 2 or more than 2 fleshy roots that is cylindrical, about 2 to 4cm long, and about 1cm in diameter, and with longitudinal wrinkles when dried. Solitary stem is about 40cm in height, glabrous, with vertical stripes and base with persistent scales. 4 palmately compound leaves forming one whorl at the top of stem. Single umbel is acrogenous, about 3.5cm in diameter, and with 20 to 50 flowers; peduncle is about 12cm in length, hairless, and with vertical stripes; pedicels is slender, hairless, and about 1cm long; bracts are unconspicuous; flowers are yellow-green; cuppy calyx, male calyx being top-shaped, is with edge that has 5 triangular teeth; petals are 5; stamens are 5; ovary is with 2 rooms; styles are 2 (but the pistillode in male flowers is 1), free, and anaclastic. No fruits are found. Habitats are confined to a narrow zone that is near latitude 23.5° and 1,500 to 1800 meters above sea level in southwest China. The wild species are rare and now most of them are cultivated.
Tienchi ginseng benefits
As a native produce to Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, it is one of the earliest medicinal and edible plants. Since ancient times it has been recognized as one of the best herbs to promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, reduce inflammation, and relieve pain. Thanks for that amazing healing properties, it enjoys a high reputation and people used to call it "more precious than gold" and "miraculous grass from Southland."
It is more than just a hemostatic herb. As a matter of fact, it also generates and invigorates blood. In the past it was once considered such a priceless drug that no one was willing to exchange it even for gold. Today it becomes one of favorite tonic. Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi (Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica), a famous medical work written in Qing Dynasty, had ever given a good review on this herb, "Panax ginseng is the No.1 pick on tonifying Qi while Panax notoginseng is the second-to-none choice on enriching the blood. Because of the same flavor and healing properties, it is thus called Tienchi ginseng, which is the most precious one in all Chinese herbs."
And here is the fact you probably don’t know – Yunnan Baiyao and Pien Tze Huang, the most popular medicines used in surgery and traumatology departments, are based on the ingredient notoginseng. Therefore, it is widely used for a range of different diseases, such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hyphema, cerebral thrombosis, Hyperlipidemia, sequelae of concussion, prostatic hypertrophy, bed sores, severe hepatitis, Coronary Heart Disease, lung disease, keloids, postoperative adhesions, Hemorrhoids, and more.
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