Lychee kernel

Also known as: lychee kernel, branch kernel, big lychee kernel

Taste and flavor: pungent, slightly bitter; warm, to the liver, kidney meridian.

Specialized medicine for treating cold hernia of small intestine

Lychee kernel has the efficacy of promoting qi and dispersing knots, dispersing cold and pain. It is good at moving qi in the blood, and is a special medicine for treating cold hernia of the small intestine and cold pain in the testicles. The Materia Medica Recorded litchi kernel "into the liver and kidney to disperse stagnant gas, dispel cold evil, treatment of gastric pain, women's blood and gas pain." Modern pharmacological studies show that the lychee nucleus is also similar to the role of biguanide hypoglycemic drugs, can lower blood sugar, and can regulate lipid metabolism disorders.

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Litchi kernel is mainly produced in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Belonging to the Sapindaceae evergreen tree plants, the mature seeds of the litchi tree can be human medicine, generally summer picking mature fruit, remove the pericarp and fleshy aril, sun-dried; or litchi kernel crushed, mixed with brine, smothered and moistened, and then heated with a small fire to stir-fry dry. Modern research has found that the lychee kernel mainly contains saponin, tannin, volatile oil, glycine and so on.

Effects

Effective in promoting circulation of Qi and dispersing knots, dispersing cold and relieving pain.

It is used for treating cold hernia and abdominal pain, testicular swelling and pain. 2. It is also used for treating stomachache, dysmenorrhea and post-partum abdominal pain caused by liver qi stagnation. 3.

Precautions

Not to be used if there is no stagnation of cold, dampness and Qi.