What side effects does evening primrose have?
Excessive use of evening primrose may cause nausea, indigestion, headache and other discomfort. Although these side effects are not fatal, if there are more serious symptoms, you still need to seek the help of a doctor. Epilepsy patients should not use evening primrose oil with other fatty acids, which may increase seizures. Evening primrose oil is not suitable for pregnant women and lactating women. In addition, underage or unmarried girls should not take it because evening primrose contains "tocopherol", which will lead to precocious puberty.
Efficacy and function of evening primrose
Sweet, bitter and warm.
Liver, spleen and heart meridians.
It has the effects of expelling wind, removing dampness, strengthening tendons and bones, nourishing blood and soothing the liver, and is mainly used for treating arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, and muscle weakness.
1, Evening primrose has the effects of expelling wind and removing dampness, strengthening tendons and bones, and can be used to treat rheumatism and diseases of bones and muscles. It can also reduce the three highs (lowering blood pressure, blood lipid and blood sugar), and has obvious effects on preventing cerebral thrombosis and resisting aging.
2. Evening primrose can relieve menopausal syndrome, balance and regulate the endocrine of such people, and relieve menopausal symptoms such as insomnia, irritability, tension and depression.
3. Evening primrose has obvious curative effect on many diseases, can regulate lipid substances in blood, and can effectively treat coronary artery infarction, atherosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis caused by high cholesterol and hyperlipidemia.
Evening primrose also contributes to the healthy growth and development of skin, hair, eyes and nails.
Medicinal value of evening primrose
1. Evening primrose: Evening primrose contains an aromatic oil, which can purify the air, kill viruses and sterilize. When the smell of aromatic oil comes into contact with olfactory cells in human nasal cavity, it will be transmitted to the cerebral cortex through olfactory nerve, resulting in a refreshing feeling. After a long time, it will make people's blood flow smoothly and achieve relative physiological and psychological stability.
2, evening primrose root: Evening primrose root is sweet, warm, and belongs to liver, spleen and kidney. Has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind and removing dampness, strengthening tendons and bones, nourishing blood and soothing the liver. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea or menoxenia caused by rheumatism, deficiency of liver and kidney, soreness of waist and knees, and stagnation of liver qi.
3. Evening primrose seed: Evening primrose seed is the seed of evening primrose in Salicaceae, which has the functions of strengthening tendons and bones, expelling wind and removing dampness, nourishing blood and soothing the liver. Guizhou materia medica says "strengthening tendons and bones", and Chinese medicine dictionary says "expelling wind and removing dampness". Its seed extract, evening primrose oil capsule, is taken orally twice a day, which has the function of reducing blood fat.
4. Evening primrose oil: Evening primrose oil is extracted from the seeds of evening primrose. Its main function is to prevent cardiovascular diseases, prevent thrombosis and reduce serum cholesterol concentration, treat allergic diseases such as allergic dermatitis, multiple sclerosis and antigenic diseases, and assist in the treatment of diabetic complications, premenstrual tension syndrome and alcoholism.