1, what is salvia
Alias: south salvia, bubble ginseng, bubble salvia
Salvia is a plant of the genus salvia of the family Euphorbiaceae, four-leafed salvia, apricot-leafed salvia, or its cognates, and it is used as a medicine with its roots. It is harvested in the fall, and the above ground part and roots are removed, and the rough skin is scraped off and dried in the sun immediately. Dietary fiber, calcium, carotene, carbohydrates, phosphorus, niacin, vitamin A, C vitamins are higher than the average value compared with the same kind of food, and it is divided into southern salvia and northern salvia. It is generally believed that the efficacy of the two medicines is similar, which are both yin-supporting medicines with the efficacy of nourishing yin and clearing the lungs, benefiting the stomach and generating fluids, but they are coarse in shape, loose in texture, and have poorer efficacy, and they specialize in entering the lungs, favoring in clearing the lungs and generating fluid. However, it is coarse in shape and loose in texture, with poorer efficacy, specializing in entering the "lung", and favoring in clearing the lung, expelling phlegm and relieving cough; Beisha ginseng, also known as Beijiao ginseng and Haojiao ginseng, has a slender shape and a firm and dense texture, with better efficacy, specializing in entering the "stomach", favoring in nourishing yin, generating fluids and relieving thirst.
2, the main nutrition
Alkaloids, volatile oil
3, therapeutic effects
To replenish the blood, nourish the blood, regulate the stomach and intestines, enhance memory, nourish Yin Yin, clear the lungs and moisturize the lungs, appetizer, digestion, clearing the heat, relieve cough
4, suitable for the crowd
This is the first time that I've seen this product. 4, suitable for the crowd
Salsify is generally suitable for consumption, especially for lung dryness and yin deficiency, dry cough and phlegm, dry throat and nose
5, contraindications
Wind-cold cough and cold loose stools are prohibited; phlegm-heat cough, be cautious of serving.
6, the efficacy and role of sand ginseng
1 clear lungs and relieve cough sand ginseng has the effect of relieving cough and phlegm, for the dry lung dry cough, bronchitis, whooping cough and so on have a better therapeutic effect.
2Nourishing Yin and generating fluids, Sha Shen will also be used with chemotherapy, commonly used in tumor patients, especially advanced tumor patients are prone to have fluids withered and dry leaves after surgery, which has a better therapeutic effect.
7, what to pay attention to the consumption of salvia
1, salvia 1 time dosage of about 2-4 money can be.
2, Sha Shen is usually used in soup or traditional Chinese medicine meals.
3, lung heat cough, can be single flavor decoction.
4, the long cough mute, and then Wu Yang astringent lungs of Xuan Shen, chebula.
5, the long cough, can be matched with cough and phlegm of the winter flowers, hot Momordica charantia.
6, if the lung heat is more prevalent, can be added to clear the lung of the mulberry white skin, the ground bone skin.
8, how to choose the sand ginseng
In the selection of sand ginseng first choice is to touch with your hand to see if it is wet, and then look at the surface to see if there is a sign of mold, generally good sand ginseng is very uniform in size, and the surface of the powdered objects, relatively hard, the epidermis also shows a golden yellow thorns, the general thorns are more sand ginseng will be more tender, when breaking the sand ginseng, it will be more than the surface, and then the surface of the sand ginseng will be more than the surface. Generally, those with more thorns will be more tender, the sound is very clear and crisp when breaking the ginseng, and those with powdered objects on both ends are good ginseng. You should also observe whether there are traces of insect bites on the ginseng.
9, sand ginseng how to save
Sand ginseng preservation must pay attention to moisture, insect, sand ginseng will be sealed and placed in a dry and cool place to save.
10, ginseng is ginseng
There are many kinds of ginseng, there are also a lot of medicinal herbs are not ginseng, but the name with the word "ginseng", but their efficacy is different. So, is it ginseng? Let's take a look. Experts say, ginseng and ginseng are completely different, the specific differences are as follows:
1, different appearance
Ginseng is a perennial rooted herb, ginseng root 30-60 cm high, fat, fleshy, yellowish-white, cylindrical or fusiform, below a little branching; rhizome (reeds) is short, erect. The ginseng stem is erect, cylindrical, unbranched.
The root of ginseng is slender and cylindrical, occasionally branched, 15 to 45 centimeters long, 0.2 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. The surface is light yellow, slightly rough, with occasional residual outer skin, and the surface is yellowish brown when the outer skin is not removed. The whole body has fine longitudinal wrinkles and longitudinal grooves, and brownish-yellow dotted fine root scars. Yellowish brown rhizome remnants often remain at the tip, slightly thin at the upper end, slightly thick in the middle, and tapering in the lower part. The texture is brittle and easy to break, the fracture surface of the skin is light yellowish white. The wood is yellow. The odor is peculiar, and the taste is slightly sweet.
2, the efficacy of different
Ginseng's fleshy root is a strong tonic, suitable for adjusting blood pressure, restoring heart function, neurasthenia and physical weakness, etc., but also expectorant, stomachic, diuretic, excitatory and other effects. Leachate can be slowly absorbed by the skin without adverse stimulation, can expand the skin capillaries, promote skin blood circulation, increase skin nutrition, regulate the water-oil balance of the skin, prevent skin dehydration, hardening, wrinkles, ginseng active substances to inhibit the reducing properties of melanin, so that the skin is white and smooth.
Ginseng contains volatile oil, coumarin, starch, alkaloids, triterpenoids, soy sterols, sterols, ginsenosides and other ingredients. Experiments have proved that Radix Salvia miltiorrhizae can increase T-cell ratio, improve lymphocyte conversion rate, elevate white blood cells, enhance macrophage function, prolong the existence of antibodies, increase B-cells, and promote immune function. Sasanqua can enhance positive energy, reduce diseases and prevent cancer.
Besides ginseng and Panax ginseng, there are many other herbs with the word "ginseng" in them. Although they are not the same kind of plant as ginseng, they also have the effect of tonifying qi and activating blood circulation.
11, specific effects
1, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs
Sad ginseng is sweet, moist and cold, which can nourish lung yin and moisten and nourish the dryness of the lungs, and also clear the heat of the lungs, so it can be used to treat the deficiency of yin and cough, cough with heat in the lungs, cough with little sputum, dry cough, dry phlegm, and hoarseness of the voice, or coughing up blood and other illnesses. As Sha Shen also has the effect of transforming phlegm, it can also be used to treat lung dryness cough, phlegm thick and sticky and not easy to cough out and other diseases.
2, benefit the stomach and promote the production of fluids
Sand nut is sweet and cold to nourish the yin of the stomach and clear the heat of the stomach, and it can be used to treat the symptoms of dry mouth and throat, constipation, low food consumption and vomiting, and red tongue with little fluids that are due to the deficiency of the yin of the stomach and the heat. At the same time, Sha Shen has the effect of tonifying the spleen and qi, which has the effect of tonifying both qi and yin for those who have deficiency in both qi and yin, especially for those who are in the late stage of warm-heat disease and have deficiency in qi and yin and the remaining heat is not yet cleared.
3, cough expectorant
Wheel leaf salvia decoction on rabbits have expectorant effect, but weaker than the aster, the duration is longer. The β-sitosterol and palmitoyl-β-sitosterol contained in Salvia miltiorrhiza have the effects of cough suppressant, expectorant, asthma and anti-inflammatory, which are also related to the saponins contained in them.
4, regulate immunity
Salsify can improve cellular immunity and non-specific immunity, inhibit humoral immunity. It has the function of regulating immune balance. The decoction of Salvia miltiorrhiza has very significant promotion effect on macrophage phagocytosis, serum lysozyme level, delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction, and also has significant promotion effect on B-cell proliferation but has very obvious inhibition effect on T-cells.
5, Antifungal
Salsify water infusion (1:2) has different degrees of inhibitory effect on the skin fungi such as Serratia marcescens and Serratia marcescens in test tubes.
6, cardiac
1% of the ginseng infusion on the isolated toad heart has obvious cardiac effect, can make the isolated heart amplitude increase, to the anesthetized rabbit intravenous injection, can make its blood pressure rise slightly, respiratory enhancement; cut off the vagus nerve, the effect is still present.