Product name : RADIX TRICHOSANTHIS

Item : 79351484461

Details :
     Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. or the dried root of Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms, a cucurbitaceae plant, is a heat-clearing medicine. Excavated in autumn and winter, washed, removed the outer skin, cut into sections or longitudinally into flaps, and dried. This product is irregular cylindrical, spindle-shaped or petal-shaped, with a length of 8-16cm and a diameter of 1.5-5.5cm. The surface is yellow-white or light brown-yellow, with longitudinal wrinkles, fine root scars and slightly sunken horizontal and long lenticels, and some have yellow-brown skin residues. The texture is solid, the section is white or light yellow, powdery, yellow xylem can be seen in the transverse section, arranged slightly radially, and the yellow striped xylem can be seen in the longitudinal section. Trichosanthum Fen is slightly bitter and slightly cold to clear away diarrhea, sweet and sour to nourish, moisten and eliminate ulcers, and enter the lung and stomach meridians. It not only clears heat, promotes body fluid and quenches thirst, but also moisturizes lung dryness, clears lung heat and relieves cough, dissipates lumps and ulcers, and promotes the discharge of pus. It is not as good as gypsum for clearing away heat, not as good as Anemarrhena for producing body fluid, and better than reducing swelling and pus. Because of the sour taste, it is suspected of restraining evil, so it should not be used early for febrile diseases. Trichosanthin mainly contains trichosanthin, aspartic acid, ribose, xylose and other components. It has the effects of clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, reducing swelling and discharging pus. Mainly produced in Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Sichuan.

       Efficacy: Trichosanthes has the effects of clearing heat and purging fire, promoting body fluid to quench thirst, reducing swelling and discharging pus. Trichosanthes is used for polydipsia due to febrile disease, dry cough due to lung heat, thirst due to internal heat, sore and swollen toxin.
       Polydipsia due to febrile disease, quenching thirst due to internal heat: to treat thirst caused by febrile disease, it can be used alone or with reed rhizome and Radix Ophiopogon japonicus. It is often used in conjunction with rehmannia glutinosa, Pueraria root, and Ophiopogon japonicus to treat the syndrome of quenching thirst caused by excess heat and impaired body fluid. It can be used together with ginseng to cure thirst, qi and yin injuries.
       Cough due to lung heat and dryness: to treat cough due to lung heat and dryness. Treat dryness and heat that injures the lungs, cough, asthma and hemoptysis caused by both qi and yin injuries, take equal parts with ginseng at the end.
       Sores, carbuncles and swollen toxins: to treat sores and sores at the beginning, with flaming heat and toxins, often used with honeysuckle, angelica, and pangolin. For the treatment of sores and ulcers, use together with astragalus and licorice.

       The specific analysis is as follows:
      1. Clearing heat and promoting body fluid: Trichosanthum Fen is a kind of traditional Chinese medicinal material with slightly cold nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also quench thirst and produce body fluid. Usually, it can be used to treat human fever and body fluid injury, and it can also treat human lung and stomach heat. During treatment, TCM can be taken alone in decoction, or it can be decocted together with Anemarrhena anemarrhena, Shengdi, reed rhizome and other Chinese medicinal materials, which will make it more effective in clearing away heat and promoting body fluid.
       2. Moisturizing the lungs: Trichosanthes enters the lung meridian, which can not only clear the lung heat, but also moisten the lung dryness. It can treat symptoms such as dryness and heat hurting the lungs, dry cough with little phlegm, and blood in the sputum. It is often used in conjunction with asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc. It can be used in conjunction with ginseng for cough, asthma, and hemoptysis due to both qi and yin injuries.
       3. Clearing stomach heat: Trichosanthes can clear stomach heat and is suitable for stomach excess heat syndrome. It is often used with Ophiopogon japonicus, reed root, and Angelica dahurica. If internal heat is quenched one's thirst, and both qi and yin are injured, it is often used together with ginseng.
       4. Reduce swelling and discharge pus: Trichosanthes powder can clear away heat, purify fire and detoxify, reduce swelling and discharge pus, and treat sores. For pus drainage, it is often used with honeysuckle and angelica.
       5. Moisturizing the lungs and resolving phlegm: Nourishing yin and moistening dryness, clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm are all important functions of trichosanthes powder. Usually, people can take trichosanthes powder when they have adverse symptoms such as lung dryness, lung heat, cough, and dry throat. Moisturize the lungs, and dilute the phlegm in the body, allowing them to be excreted quickly. In addition, trichosanthes can detoxify and reduce swelling. It has obvious therapeutic effect on sores and swellings that often occur in humans, and can make swelling and pain subside quickly.
       6. Improve body immunity: Trichosanthes contains a lot of plant proteins. After these plant proteins are absorbed by the body, they can promote the regeneration of immunoglobulins in the body and enhance the body’s disease resistance. In addition, after people take Trichosanthes, they can also Regulating the body's immune function can increase the body's ability to resist allergies and prevent a variety of cancers, which is of great benefit to maintaining human health.

       Historical Tracing:
       "The Classic": "The main body is quenched thirst, body heat, fullness of irritability, severe fever, tonifies deficiency and calms the middle, continues to eliminate injuries."
       "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Through the small intestine, expel pus, reduce swelling and poison, promote muscle growth, eliminate damage and blood stasis, treat febrile fever, mastitis, back, hemorrhoids and fistula boils."
       "Jingyue Quanshu Materia Medica": "Cools the heart and lungs, relieves heat and thirst. Reduces hot phlegm on the diaphragm, eliminates mastitis and swollen toxins."

       Modern Research:
       Modern research results show that this product mainly contains trichosanthin, α-hydroxymethylserine, aspartic acid, ribose, xylose, arabinose, 7-stigmasteren-3-β-ol, α and β-charantin , Cucurbitacein, etc. It has various pharmacological effects such as hypoglycemic, antiviral, antitumor, and labor induction.

       How to eat:
       Cook porridge: Cut the trichosanthes into thin slices, boil them in water for half an hour, remove the dregs, leave the juice, put the juice into a rice pot, boil it over low heat until the rice is overcooked and serve. After eating, it has the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst.
       Make tea: Take an appropriate amount of trichosanthum powder and brew it with boiling water to drink. If you want a sweeter taste, you can add some rock sugar.

​Barcode: 79351484461
Ingredients: trichosanthes
Specifications: 16oz (454g)
Efficacy: clearing heat and purging fire, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, draining pus and reducing swelling. Cure mainly pyretic disease thirsty, quench one's thirst, jaundice, dryness of the lung cough up blood, carbuncle, hemorrhoid flaccidity.