Nourish liver and kidney, improve eyesight and blacken hair. It can be used for dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, premature graying of beard and hair, and blurred vision.

taboo

People with deficiency of spleen and stomach and deficiency of kidney yang are forbidden to take it. The effect is mild, and a small amount should be taken for a long time.

Ligustrum lucidum is the fruit of Ligustrum lucidum in Oleaceae. Ligustrum lucidum is also called Ligustrum lucidum, Ilex pubescens, Fraxinus mandshurica, and Crataegus pinnatifida.

Ligustrum lucidum, according to its name, is a woman named Zhennu in the ancient state of Lu. Because the tree of Ligustrum lucidum is "frosty and lush, it vibrates Kelingfeng, and the virgin admires its name, or it is planted in Yuntang or Jieting", so it is named; Li Shizhen's "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" said: "This wood is green and has the virtue of chastity, so it is like a virgin."

Ligustrum lucidum is odorless, sweet and slightly bitter, and is a commonly used medicine for nourishing yin. Ligustrum lucidum was first seen in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica and listed as the top grade, saying that it can "strengthen the middle energizer, secure the five internal organs, nourish the spirit, get rid of all diseases, be fat and healthy for a long time, and be fit and not old". Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Ligustrum lucidum is really a top-grade non-toxic drug."

It is native to the Yangtze River valley in China and other places in the south, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, etc. It has also been introduced in places that are not too cold in the north, and also distributed in South Korea and India.

Efficacy and function of Ligustrum lucidum

Ligustrum lucidum has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, improving eyesight and blackening hair. Ligustrum lucidum is characterized by its mild medicinal properties and slow action, which can only take effect after a long time. Modern clinic is also used for optic neuritis, leukopenia, chronic hepatitis, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, hypertension, hearing loss due to poisoning in children, neurasthenia, facial paralysis, alopecia, etc.

The medicinal value of Ligustrum lucidum is high. According to "Herbal Classics", "Ligustrum lucidum, with a cloudy smell, is entering the kidney, except for the essential products of heat and essence. If the kidney is supplemented, the five internal organs will be self-sufficient, and the body will be fat and healthy."

Nourishing kidney and benefiting liver

Used for liver and kidney deficiency, with symptoms of bone steaming, fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of waist and knees, etc. It can be used equally with Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Lycii, Herba Artemisiae Annuae and Fructus Lycii for treating bone steaming fatigue and heat. For treating dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, it can be used equally with Chrysanthemum, Gastrodia elata, Lycium barbarum and Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata. For treating soreness and weakness of waist and knees, it can be used equally with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Semen Cuscutae, parched Eucommiae Cortex and Radix Dipsaci.

Hair blackening and eyesight improving

It can be used for treating yin deficiency of liver and kidney, inability to inherit essence and blood, premature gray hair or dim vision. Blackhair can be used equally with Eclipta prostrata, Scrophularia root and black sesame. Mingmu can be used equally with Radix Rehmanniae, Fructus Lycii, Flos Chrysanthemi and Semen Astragali Complanati.

Other effects

Anti-aging: Ligustrum lucidum can significantly inhibit the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) in the brain of aged rats. The content of MDA in the liver of aged rats was significantly reduced. It can obviously improve the activity of SOD in liver.

Anti-fatigue: The Liuderoside contained in Ligustrum lucidum has anti-fatigue effect. Significantly reduced, the degree of coronary artery obstruction was significantly reduced, the coronary blood flow increased, and serum cholesterol and triglycerides decreased significantly.

Hypoglycemic: Ligustrum lucidum can reduce the blood sugar of normal mice, resist the increase of blood sugar caused by glucose, and prevent and treat diabetes in mice.

Decreasing enzyme: Oleanolic acid of Ligustrum lucidum has the effect of reducing transaminase.