What are the effects and functions of fried Vitex rotundifolia? Can it cure colds?

In current clinical practice, fried Vitex rotundifolia is mainly used to lower blood pressure, relieve pain and inflammation, and has a good regulating effect on various bacterial diseases. At the same time, it can treat colds, dizziness, headaches, and can help the body detoxify and eliminate colds. The medicine should be used according to the symptoms, and it cannot be used alone. It must be combined with other medicines to be effective in treating colds.

Pharmacological Action

1. Antihypertensive effect Vitex rotundifolia has a significant antihypertensive effect, and its antihypertensive effect is related to the parasympathetic nervous system induced by the excitation center. Experiments have shown that the water extract of Vitex rotundifolia has the effect of lowering blood pressure in rabbits. This effect can be antagonized by atropine and chloroisoindamine, enhanced by physostigmine, and slightly enhanced by betanidine, but is not affected by propranolol or cyproheptadine.

2. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects The methanol extract of Vitex simplicifolia fruit has an inhibitory effect on the acetic acid writhing reaction of mice; it can also enhance the pain response induced by hot plate in mice.

The pain threshold of carrageenan inflammatory pain in rats was investigated; oral administration of carrageenan to mice had a certain inhibitory effect on the permeability of the mouse peritoneal capillaries.

3. Other effects: The decoction of Vitex rotundifolia has an inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro. It also has an inhibitory effect on orphan viruses. Vitex rotundifolia extract has a strong anticoagulant effect and can significantly prolong the time for bovine thrombin to coagulate human fibrinogen in vitro. The expectorant effect of Vitex rotundifolia is better than that of Vitex oleifera; it also has a significant antiasthmatic effect and can enhance the physique of mice.

Clinical Application

1. Used for wind-heat cold, headache and head wind. This product is pungent and can dispel wind, is slightly cold and clears heat, and is light and upward. It is mainly used to dispel evil in the head and face, and has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is used to treat exogenous wind-heat, headache and dizziness. It is often used together with chrysanthemum, mint, etc. For headache and head wind, it is often used together with Tribulus terrestris, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Uncaria rhynchophylla, etc.

It is used to treat red, swollen and painful eyes and dizziness caused by wind evil, and is often used in combination with chrysanthemum, Chuanxiong, Cassia seed, etc.

Vitex manjussi is used for headaches caused by wind-heat; for headaches caused by wind, this product can be used in combination with Ligusticum chuanxiong, etc.

2. Used for red, swollen and painful eyes, blurred vision and excessive tears. This product can dispel wind-heat and clear the head, so it can be used to treat wind-heat attack, red and swollen eyes, blurred vision and excessive tears.

It is used together with chrysanthemum, cicada shell, gentian, etc.; the medicinal property of this product is to promote hair growth, clear the head, and when used together with astragalus, codonopsis, white peony root, etc., it can also be used to treat symptoms such as failure of clear yang to rise, eye cataracts, tinnitus and deafness, such as Yiqi Congming Decoction.