Xanthium sibiricum, also known as Xanthium sibiricum and Bovis, is a very common Chinese herbal medicine, which is mainly produced in grassland or roadside on barren slopes and distributed almost everywhere in China. Xanthium sibiricum tastes pungent, warm and bitter. Pharmacological research shows that Xanthium sibiricum has the effects of dispelling cold, inducing resuscitation, expelling wind and removing dampness and relieving pain. It has antibacterial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, myocardial contraction inhibiting, blood lipid lowering, heart rate slowing and antioxidant effects. It can be seen that its effect is very rich. So what role does Xanthium sibiricum play in daily life?
The functions and functions of Xanthium sibiricum are as follows:
1, blood pressure, blood sugar, protect the heart.
Scientists have conducted experiments on animals and found that injecting Xanthium sibiricum into rabbits or dogs can reduce blood pressure and increase the frequency and amplitude of breathing appropriately. At the same time, xanthoside contained in Fructus Xanthii can lower blood sugar, weaken cardiac contractility, dilate blood vessels and enhance vascular permeability, so soaking Fructus Xanthii in water is very suitable for people with hypertension or hyperglycemia, and it can also protect the heart when taken properly.
Step 2 stop coughing
If cough occurs in daily life, especially cough caused by sulfur dioxide and ammonia water, soaking Xanthium sibiricum in water or frying it in a pot can play a very good role in relieving cough.
3. Anti-inflammatory
Xanthium sibiricum contains diterpenoid hydroxy acid atractyloside, which can effectively eliminate human inflammation, so stomatitis and dermatitis in daily life can be relieved by soaking Xanthium sibiricum in water.
4, antibacterial
Xanthium sibiricum contains acetone and ethanol extracts, which can inhibit pneumococcus and Staphylococcus aureus in vivo and in vitro after being made into oral or external liquid medicine.
5. Through the nose
Xanthium sibiricum is sweet, bitter and warm. After hard needling decoction, the nasal congestion is turbid and smelly, and the nasal congestion and headache can be treated.