What are the functions and side effects of Eucommia ulmoides?

Eucommia ulmoides can enhance the adrenal cortex function and enhance the body's immune function; it has sedative, analgesic and diuretic effects; it has a certain cardiotonic effect; it can weaken the voluntary contraction of the uterus, and has an antagonistic effect on uterotonic drugs. Below I have compiled the functions of Eucommia ulmoides for everyone. I hope you will like it.

Efficacy and functions of Eucommia ulmoides

It has many functions such as nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening muscles and bones, lowering blood pressure, and preventing miscarriage. It can be used to treat pain in the waist and spine, weak feet and knees, persistent urination, wet and itchy genitals, fetal leakage, uneasy fetal movements, and high blood pressure.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Eucommia ulmoides can nourish the liver, replenish the essence and qi, strengthen the muscles and bones, strengthen the will, treat kidney deficiency and low back pain, take it for a long time, make the body light and resistant to aging. ?It can be seen that Eucommia ulmoides has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys and strengthening the muscles and bones.

As early as the Western Han Dynasty, it was recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica": Eucommia ulmoides is mainly used to treat lumbar and spinal pain, nourish the middle part, replenish essence and qi, strengthen muscles and bones, and remove itching and dampness in the vagina and residual urine. Taking it for a long time will lighten your body and resist aging. ?Classified as top grade. Records show that during the Western Han Dynasty, people discovered that Eucommia ulmoides had unique effects on strengthening tendons, bones and preventing miscarriage.

"Bielu of Famous Doctors" written by Tao Hongjing during the Wei and Jin Dynasties: Eucommia ulmoides, sweet, warm, non-toxic, mainly used to treat soreness and pain in the feet, and the unwillingness to step on the ground. Shangdang Hanzhong. ?

The Ming Dynasty's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The buds of Eucommia ulmoides are used as vegetables, which can dispel wind poisoning, athlete's foot, long-term wind-cold, intestinal hemorrhoids and blood, etc." Eucommia ulmoides flowers are fragrant, and Eucommia ulmoides itself has multiple functions. Its medicinal value makes it have the significant effect of two-way blood pressure regulation and lipid regulation, and at the same time overcomes peripheral symptoms and complications such as dizziness, headache, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis caused by high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia.

Applicable to:

Liver and kidney deficiency: Symptoms include dizziness, waist and knee pain, weakness of muscles and bones, etc. It is more common in hypertension, vertigo, sequelae of cerebrovascular accidents, chronic kidney disease, poliomyelitis, etc.

Insufficient kidney qi: Symptoms include frequent urination or residual urine, wet itching under the vagina, impotence, frail pregnant women, restless fetal movement or waist pain, etc. It is more common in chronic prostate disease, sexual dysfunction, infertility, threatened abortion or habitual abortion.

It is used for patients with symptoms of liver and kidney deficiency caused by chronic joint diseases, bone tuberculosis, dysmenorrhea, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and other diseases. Side effects of making tea with Eucommia ulmoides

Eucommia ulmoides is full of treasures, and its skin is used as medicine. It has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the bones and essence, preventing miscarriage, keeping fit, losing weight, and delaying aging. It has good effects on hypertension, arteriosclerosis, impotence, urinary incontinence, kidney deficiency, low back pain, weakness of muscles and bones, swelling and restlessness, and blood leakage during pregnancy. Efficacy. When using Eucommia ulmoides for health care, you must pay attention to the dosage and do not supplement it, otherwise it will cause great harm to the body.

Eucommia ulmoides can very well nourish the weak body, so it is a kind of yang-boosting medicine. It mainly treats liver and kidney diseases, and it can also strengthen muscles and bones. It is suitable for brewing and drinking. , can also be soaked in wine, it is a good nourishing medicinal material, and it can also have the effect of tonifying the kidneys and strengthening yang, but you must pay attention to the amount of intake, otherwise it will lead to excessive supplementation, which will be a great loss to your health, so you must Be aware of its side effects. Medicinal Diet of Eucommia

(1) Warming the Kidney Yang Recipe ? Stewed Pork Loin with Eucommia

Ingredients: Three coins of Eucommia ulmoides, one pork loin, and a few grains of pepper.

Method:

1. Wash Eucommia ulmoides and peppercorns separately with clean water.

2. Cut the pork loin open, cut off the white kidneys, wash it with water to remove the urinary smell, put it in boiling water, take it out, wash it and slice it.

3. Put Eucommia ulmoides, pork loin and pepper into a stew pot, pour in appropriate amount of water, cover the pot, stew for three hours, season with a little fine salt, and drink.

Efficacy: Strengthen muscles and bones, nourish waist and kidneys, moisten liver dryness, and nourish liver deficiency. It has a good effect on general clinical symptoms caused by kidney deficiency, such as impotence and spermatorrhea, night sweats, tinnitus, and poor urination. Therefore, men who feel weak in the waist and knees and have weak spirits are best to stew this soup and drink it.

(2) Sheep kidney, kidney bean and eucommia soup

Ingredients for sheep kidney and kidney bean and eucommia soup: Ingredients: 100 grams of sheep kidney, 50 grams of kidney beans, 15 grams of eucommia ulmoides, 10 grams of ginger, 1000 grams of mutton bone soup. Seasonings: 5g salt, 3g chicken essence, 1g sugar, 1g pepper.

How to make sheep kidney, kidney bean and eucommia soup:

1. Wash the sheep kidney and soak it in boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain the kidney beans and kidney beans. Wash the Eucommia ulmoides and slice the ginger into slices for later use.

2. Heat the clean pot, add kidney beans, eucommia ulmoides, ginger slices, and mutton bone soup. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the mutton kidneys and simmer for another 30 minutes to season. become.

(3) Eucommia tea

Regulate blood pressure, restore blood vessel elasticity, and protect the heart and brain. 5 to 15 grams of Eucommia tea should be brewed with boiling water at about 85 degrees, preferably 500 ml of water. , cover and soak for 5 minutes, health care dosage: 15-25g/day, therapeutic dosage: more than 30g/day.