What disease can be cured by drinking boiled umbilical cord water

We all know the importance of the umbilical cord to the fetus. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the umbilical cord of the fetus not only has a variety of health-care benefits, but can also treat many diseases. The umbilical cord has many medicinal values. It can be ground into powder and taken orally, or it can be decocted into a soup and taken. It can replenish qi and blood and relieve cough and asthma. In addition, the umbilical cord cannot eliminate fetal toxins or smallpox toxins, but its efficacy is also discussed in "Compendium of Materia Medica".

1. The role of the umbilical cord

The umbilical cord is the connecting structure between the fetus and the placenta. It is rope-shaped, with a smooth and transparent surface, and contains connective tissue, an umbilical vein, and a pair of umbilical arteries. The umbilical vein runs along the inner surface of the fetal abdominal wall through the hepatic sinusoids, the umbilical artery and the fetal aorta. The other ends of these two blood vessels form many interconnected capillary networks that are distributed in the placental villi. Through the osmotic action of the placental villous epithelium, substances are exchanged between the fetal disc fluid and the maternal blood in the intervillous space.

2. The efficacy of boiling umbilical cord water

If the fetus has not eaten after birth, first cut a small piece of the umbilical cord, wash it, add some water and rock sugar to stew it. After it is stewed, when it is warm (not hot), use a small spoon to feed the baby a little bit. It does not need to be too much, and it can be fed for one or two days. This is good for the baby and can prevent sores. The umbilical cord is a traditional Chinese medicine that contains certain hormones and proteins. It is a "tonic" and can nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish blood and produce sperm after taking it.

3. Medicinal value of umbilical cord

Replenish Qi and blood, warm the kidney and absorb Qi. Treats weakness, insufficiency of qi and blood, and asthma and cough due to weak stomach.

Dosage and Administration: For oral administration: grind into powder, 2-6 fen; or decoct in water.

Preparation method: Wash and rinse the umbilical cord clean. Use the decoction of honeysuckle and licorice, add rice wine and umbilical cord and cook together. After boiling, take out and dry. (For every 20 umbilical cords, use 1 qian of honeysuckle and licorice, boil them in 1 jin of water, and add 1 liang of yellow wine)

4. Medicinal Prescriptions for Umbilical Cord

1. To treat deficiency of both Yin and Yang, damage to the spirit, Qi and blood, and symptoms of deficiency and danger: 1 liang of Kan Qi (roasted powder), 1 liang of ginseng, 2 liang of cooked rehmannia, 2 liang of wolfberry, and 2 liang of human milk powder. Grind the above ingredients into powder, add fermented rice wine and white honey, and make into pills the size of tung nuts. Take 2 qian each time, with rice water.

2. To treat chronic malaria of the three Yin meridians: nine pieces of umbilical cords (burned to preserve their nature), two liang of Atractylodes macrocephala, and five qian of ginseng. Roast and grind them into powder, add one or two liang of boiled aconite with urine of children, mash into a paste and make pills the size of walnuts. Take three grams every morning.

5. Discussions on the medicinal value of umbilical cord

1. "Supplement to Materia Medica": It is used to treat malaria. Burn it into ashes and drink it.

2. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can eliminate fetal toxins and be applied to umbilical sores.

3. "Bencao Huiyan": It nourishes the kidneys and eliminates fetal toxins and acne toxins.

4. "Bencao Tongxuan": nourishes blood and qi.

5. "New Reference to Medicinal Pieces": Treats asthenia, replenishes kidney qi, calms wheezing and cough, and reduces sweating.

6. "Bencao Jingshu": The umbilical cord is used in "Ben Cao Jing" to treat malaria. It should be used to treat long-term malaria, which has caused severe coldness and weakness, and its qi is used to make up for the deficiency.