1, by water expectorant
Wolf venom in traditional Chinese medicine belongs to the water medicine, with the role of the blood breakthrough, commonly used in the edema, abdominal swelling, heart and abdominal pain, coughing, shortness of breath, chronic bronchitis, and so on.
2, insecticide
Wolf venom has a certain degree of toxicity, many intestinal worms have the effect of killing, the appropriate amount of wolfsbane dacryocyanin is commonly used in clinical practice to kill roundworms, hookworms, and other intestinal worms, with very good results.
3, antibacterial
With Kirchner A liquid medium to determine the antimicrobial effect of wolfsbane agent on human type tuberculosis mycobacterium, the preliminary determination, in the concentration of 1/1000 then there is a significant anti-inflammatory effect. There was significant variation in the morphology of the mycobacteria in cultures of high purity. In the lowest concentration of culture fluid, tuberculosis mycobacteria than the control group, in the clinical application of wolfsbane, must be given in sufficient doses.
4, anti-cancer
Wolf venom contains wolfsbane, sterol and other anti-cancer active ingredients, showing a very good inhibition of lung cancer cells, liver cancer cells, prostate cancer cells. The inhibition rate of lung cancer can reach more than 70%, the effect is very good.
5, the treatment of reproductive diseases
Modern medicine shows that wolfsbane contains wolf toxin, wolfsbane toxin, volatile oils and other components, with anti-cancer, analgesic, antibacterial and other roles in the clinic is commonly used in the treatment of female genital itching, warts, trichomoniasis and other lesions of the female genitalia.
6, wolfsbane side effects
Toxicity. Accidental consumption of wolfsbane or overdose will cause the oral cavity, esophageal mucosa numbness, burning pain, followed by dry mouth, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea and other gastrointestinal dysfunction, in addition to the symptoms, there is dizziness, headache, fatigue, pallor, cold sweat, chest tightness, panic, cramps and even shock, the severe cases can be fatal.
7, the use of contraindications
1. Wolfsbane is poisonous, internal use caution, need to follow the doctor's instructions.
2. Wolfsbane is strong, therefore, weak and pregnant women are prohibited.
3. Dizziness, headache, fatigue and intestinal dysfunction occur when consuming wolfsbane drugs should be stopped in time.
8, identification methods
1, the real wolfsbane
appearance of round or oblong piece, the surface of the yellowish brown or light brown, diameter of about 4-7 centimeters, 0.5-3 centimeters thick, and occasionally as thick as 7 centimeters. The outer cork skin is overlapping sheet, easy to peel off and reveal the yellow skin; cut surface is not flat, there are dark brown and yellow-white interspersed obvious concentric rings, light, easy to fracture, the section has powdery, water wetting viscous, tearing visible viscous filaments; smell of gas slightly, taste sweet, and irritating spicy flavor.
2, counterfeit calla lilies
appearance of long oval or round, the edge of the more folded, the outer surface of the brown or brownish-yellow, often accompanied by dark brown scaly leaf debris; texture hard and brittle, the section of the white or yellowish-white, with granular protrusions and wavy wrinkles; smell the gas is also faint, taste taste bland, chewing the tongue with a stinging sensation of the throat.
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that wolfsbane is a toxic drug, but from Ruixiang wolfsbane root to extract a wolfsbane glucoside, formerly known as Chuan wolfsbane toxin antimicrobial substances, its toxicity is very low; anthracene glycosides contained in the enhancement of small intestinal peristalsis, can be treated with constipation. Clinical reports, with wolfsbane treatment of skin diseases, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, tumors, etc. have achieved significant results, but the counterfeit calla lilies do not have the efficacy of wolfsbane, so it can not replace the wolfsbane.