What's the use of Polygalae?

Polygala tenuifolia: The root bark of the perennial herb Polygala tenuifolia or Polygala sibirica (Polygala ovata). (Remove the wood heart from the root) Born sweet.

Bake with water or honey.

Taste: Bitter, pungent, slightly warm. Heart, kidney and lung meridians.

Indications: tranquilizing mind, improving intelligence, eliminating phlegm and reducing swelling. Used for insomnia, dreaminess, forgetfulness, fright, delirium, expectoration and other symptoms caused by heart-kidney disharmony.

Unhappy, sore poison, breast pain.

Application:

1) insomnia, dreaminess, palpitation and forgetfulness. This taste is bitter, bitter and warm, good at venting and understanding, which can not only please the mood but also calm the mind.

It is a good product to communicate the heart and kidney, soothe the nerves, improve intelligence and strengthen knowledge. Indications: heart and kidney imbalance and loss.

Symptoms such as sleep and fright are often combined with sedatives such as Poria, Dragon's Tooth and Cinnabar.

2) epilepsy. This taste is pungent and beneficial, which can benefit the mind, eliminate phlegm and produce fluid, so it can be used to treat epilepsy, convulsion and convulsion caused by phlegm blocking the mind.

Crazy, etc. For patients with epilepsy, coma and convulsion, it can be used together with phlegm-resolving and wind-calming drugs such as Banxia, Gastrodia elata and Scorpio. Treat shock

Wind-crazy syndrome is often combined with drugs such as Acorus calamus, Curcuma Rhizome and Alum to eliminate phlegm and revive resuscitation.

3) cough and phlegm. This herb is bitter in taste, warm and dry in nature, and can dissipate phlegm and relieve cough when entering the lung meridian, so it can be used to treat excessive phlegm, cough and asthma or exogenous wind-heat.

For those who have a cold and cough with excessive phlegm, they are often used with almonds, Fritillaria, Trichosanthes and Platycodon grandiflorum.

4) carbuncle, sore, breast swelling and pain, and laryngeal obstruction. This product is good at clearing qi and stagnating blood, eliminating carbuncle and swelling. Used for carbuncle sore.

Toxic, breast swelling and pain, both oral and external use have curative effect, oral use can be used as the end, yellow wine to take. External use can be softened by steaming, and a small amount can be added.

Mash the yellow wine and apply it to the affected area. The taste of Polygalae is pungent in the lungs, and it can spread the lung and benefit the throat.

Usage and dosage: decocted, 3-9g.

Taboo: Use with caution in patients with gastritis and gastric ulcer.