Saussurea involucrata contains protein, amino acids, flavonoids and alkaloids. Has the effects of dredging channels and collaterals, promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, removing dampness, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling, and removing toxins from the body.

Saussurea involucrata is warm, sweet and bitter, and enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. It has the effects of dispelling cold, strengthening yang, regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding. Can be used for treating impotence, soreness of waist and knees, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, rheumatoid arthritis and traumatic hemorrhage. "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: Saussurea involucrata is "hot in nature and can make up Yiyang"; "Xinjiang Chinese Herbal Medicine" contains: "Saussurea involucrata is warm and slightly bitter, and has the function of expelling wind and removing dampness".

Warming kidney and strengthening yang. Can be used for treating impotence due to kidney deficiency and soreness of waist and knees; Used for women with irregular menstruation and metrorrhagia. The former is soaked with Cordyceps sinensis mixed with wine, while the latter is mixed with Hubei ginseng, Dangshen and stewed chicken.

Warming meridians to dispel cold. It can be used for treating women's lower abdomen, cold pain, amenorrhea, and retained placenta. Saussurea involucrata 15g, add white wine or yellow wine 100 ml, soak for 7 days, each time 10 ml, twice a day 1.

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Dietotherapy effect of Saussurea involucrata

1, Saussurea involucrata? Saussurea involucrata 50g, white wine 500ml, sealed soaking 10 days before drinking, 30 ~ 50ml each time, twice a day. It can eliminate dampness and relieve pain, and is suitable for rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, numbness and limb hypothermia caused by arthritis.

2. Xuelian tea? 5 grams of Saussurea involucrata, put it into a teacup, pour it into boiling water, soak it for 10 ~ 20 minutes, and drink it once a day. ?

3, beef tendon Erhua soup beef tendon 100g, Saussurea involucrata, Celosia cristata and Lentinus edodes each 10g, ham 15g, and appropriate seasoning. Soak beef tendon until soft, wash it, cut it into pieces, put it in a steaming bowl, decorate it with flowers, add mushrooms and ham, add ginger, chopped green onion, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate and salt, and steam for about three hours. It can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dredge collaterals and stop arthralgia, and is suitable for headache caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. ?

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