Summary: Ephedra, for the Chinese medicine of dispersing wind-cold medicine. The efficacy of ephedra is very amazing, detoxification and sweating is the main effect of the Chinese medicine ephedra. In addition, ephedra can enter the lung meridian and bladder meridian, playing an important role in diuretic and swelling. Ephedrine in ephedra has a relaxing effect on bronchial smooth muscle, and can also prevent cardiovascular disease. However, because of the strong sweating power of ephedra, it should be avoided or used with caution in light cases of external wind-cold, palpitation, insomnia, and coughing and wheezing in lung deficiency. Elderly, frail and children should use sizzling ephedra. The following and I understand the ephedra together. The efficacy and role of ephedra

1, the relief of sweating

Expression of sweating is the main efficacy of the traditional Chinese medicine ephedra, because the nature of this herb is gentle and heart dispersal, can Xuan Lung gas, but also to pass the hair orifices, dispersal of wind and cold, in daily life, people have a feeling of wind-cold, the guest surface of the real sweating and other undesirable symptoms, can be taken directly to the traditional Chinese medicine of ephedra, which can make the human body as soon as possible to sweat, but also let the symptoms of wind-cold cold quickly reduce people. People wind-cold cold symptoms quickly reduce.

2, the promotion of lung asthma

Ephedrine on the bronchial smooth muscle has a relaxing effect, for the use of drugs (such as hairy fruit rutaecarpine) caused by bronchial spasm has a significant decongestive effect, pseudoephedrine and ephedrine antispasmodic effect is similar to that of methylephedrine can be made to dilate the bronchial tubes.

3, diuretic swelling

Ephedra can enter the lung meridian and bladder meridian, the lung is the source of water, the bladder is the campus of water, people take ephedra after the lungs can be declared down the gas, the waterway, can accelerate the body's excess water as soon as possible metabolism and discharged to prevent excess water retention in the body, can play an important role in diuretic swelling.

4, the prevention of cardiovascular disease

Ephedrine in ephedra, can make peripheral vasoconstriction, cardiac contraction, heart contraction, cardiac output increased, blood pressure, pseudoephedrine pressure-raising effect is relatively weak.

Side effects and contraindications of ephedra

1, the side effects of ephedra

Ephedra is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with toxicity, it contains ephedrine toxicity is relatively strong, if people are not careful to overdose of ephedra, will be poisoned, the body will be irritable and nervousness, as well as tinnitus, insomnia, as well as nausea and vomiting and other symptoms of toxicity, which will seriously harm people's health. The health of the people will be seriously jeopardized.

2, ephedra contraindication crowd

①external wind-cold and palpitations insomnia people with caution

Ephedra's medicinal effect inside the more obvious is sweating. Some people will sweat profusely immediately after taking herbal medicines containing ephedra, so people with external wind-cold and palpitations and insomnia should be cautious about taking it, as it will lead to a more serious condition after taking it.

②People with weak lung qi and coughing should be cautious

Be careful when taking ephedra, in general, if the patient himself is weak qi and also has been coughing, it is also not conducive to taking ephedra root.

3, ephedra contraindicated drugs

Ephedra and many chemical drugs have contraindications, such as cardiac glycosides, adrenaline, phenothiazines and so on.