Soak your feet in Polygonum multiflorum

Many people have not heard of Polygonum multiflorum, which is also called Polygonum multiflorum. It is a common Chinese herbal medicine. It has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the nerves, and has the effect of clearing and softening the liver. If you use Polygonum multiflorum to soak your feet, it can relieve physical and mental fatigue, has a good effect of promoting sleep, and has a good effect in preventing neurasthenia. Therefore, you can use Polygonum multiflorum to soak your feet in daily life.

Feet Soak

Polygonum multiflorum, also known as Shouwu vine, is actually a section of the vine stem of Polygonum multiflorum. It is harvested in summer and autumn every year, and the twigs and dead leaves are removed and dried before being used as medicine. Polygonum multiflorum is named because its vine stems will automatically mate with each other at night. Ecological environment: It grows on grass slopes, roadsides, rock crevices on hillsides and bushes. Most people know that Polygonum multiflorum has the effect of blackening hair, but few people know that Shouwu vine is also a good medicine for treating insomnia. Shouwu vine is mild and non-toxic. It enters the heart and liver meridians, and has the effects of nourishing blood, calming the mind, clearing the liver and softening the liver.

What are the effects and functions of soaking feet with Polygonum multiflorum?

The effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum, the functions of Polygonum multiflorum, are used for insomnia due to deficiency and restlessness. Polygonum multiflorum has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the mind. It is mainly used for insomnia caused by yin deficiency and blood deficiency. It is often used together with julibrissin bark, and can also be used together with jujube seed, cypress seed, and polygala tenuifolia. Used for body aches. Polygonum multiflorum not only has the effect of nourishing blood, but also can promote the flow of meridians, and treat body aches due to blood deficiency. It can be used together with angelica, rehmannia, Millettia reticulata, and Trachelospermum officinale. Used for itchy skin. The decoction of Polygonum multiflorum can be used externally to treat skin rashes, and it has a certain antipruritic effect. cough. Some people treat laryngeal cough by adding 15 grams of Polygonum multiflorum to the drugs such as cicada molt, bombyx batryticatus, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia divaricata, platycodon grandiflorum, tangerine peel, pinellia, peucedanum chinense, poria cocos, and licorice. The drugs are decocted in water and taken orally. It is observed that the cough-suppressing effect of those who added this drug to the prescription is more obvious than that of those who did not, indicating that Polygonum multiflorum may have the effect of suppressing cough.

Sedative and hypnotic effects. Oral administration of the decoction of Polygonum multiflorum has a significant sedative and hypnotic effect on mice, and has a synergistic effect with subthreshold doses of sodium pentobarbital. The sleep polygraph of rats showed that the total sleep time was prolonged, mainly the slow-wave sleep phase was prolonged and the paradoxical sleep phase was shortened. Lipid-lowering effect. The alcohol extract of Polygonum multiflorum can significantly reduce the serum TC and TG levels of hyperlipidemia rats, and reduce the TC content of hyperlipidemia quails, significantly increase the HDL-C/TC ratio, and make the aorta smooth without plaque formation. This shows that Glehnia littoralis has certain effects in lowering blood lipids, resisting AS and preventing fatty liver. Functions and indications: Nourishing the heart, calming the mind, dredging meridians, and dispelling wind. Treat insomnia, overwork, excessive sweating, body pain due to blood deficiency, carbuncle, scrofula, wind sore, scabies and tinea.