Sparganium burmannii is the dried tuber of Sparganium burmannii of Sparganiaceae. Distributed in Northeast China, Yellow River, river basin, middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River and Tibet. It contains volatile vegetable oil, and its main components are phenylethanol, dehydrocostuslactone, succinic acid, trigonous acid, etc. It has the effects of breaking blood, promoting qi circulation, resolving food stagnation and relieving pain. It can be used for treating abdominal mass, dysmenorrhea, blood stasis amenorrhea, chest obstruction, heartache, dyspepsia, etc.

1. analgesic

Rhizoma Sparganii can break the qi in blood, which belongs to the medicine of dividing blood in liver meridian. It can eliminate evil blood, tonify fatigue, dredge menstruation and treat flatulence. It is often used to treat women's blood vessels and menstrual blood, but the medicine is not very strong, but it is small and fast. It is often used with Angelica sinensis, Carthamus tinctorius, Radix Rehmanniae, etc. to treat amenorrhea due to blood stasis, and the three ribs in the prescription can control blood stasis.

2. Xiaoshi and stomach

Rhizoma Sparganii tastes bitter, pungent and sweet. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is bitter to control diarrhea, pungent to disperse, and sweet to enter the spleen. Many endocrine disorders are caused by blood stasis, qi stagnation and food stagnation. Therefore, Rhizoma Sparganii has the effect of promoting digestion and can treat all the symptoms of coagulation stagnation.

3. Breaking blood and activating qi

Rhizoma Sparganii can break the qi in blood, which belongs to the medicine of dividing blood in liver meridian. It can eliminate evil blood, tonify fatigue, dredge menstruation and treat flatulence. It is often used to treat women's blood vessels and menstrual blood, but the medicine is not very strong, but it is small and fast. It is often used with Angelica sinensis, Carthamus tinctorius, Radix Rehmanniae, etc. to treat amenorrhea due to blood stasis, and the three ribs in the prescription can control blood stasis.

Step 4 fight cancer

In clinic, Rhizoma Sparganii is often used to treat primary liver cancer, mainly because the extract of Rhizoma Sparganii has a strong inhibitory effect on sarcoma cancer cells, and can also strengthen the stomach and relieve pain, which has a good comprehensive treatment effect on cancer patients.