What are the benefits of Zhu Huang (bamboo flower) and how to make infused liquor with it? Who should not take it?
Zhu Huang, also known as bamboo flower, mostly grows in declining or already declined bamboo forests; it is white in the early stage and gradually turns pink over time. At first the surface is smooth, then gradually cracks appear, and the flesh slowly becomes corky. In traditional Chinese medicine, this medicinal herb is considered cool in nature, and after taking it, it has effects such as cooling the heart and calming fright, clearing heat and eliminating phlegm, and clearing heat and detoxifying. So what exactly are the benefits and effects of Zhu Huang? How do you make infused liquor with it? Who should not take it? Let's take a look below.
1. What are the benefits and effects of Zhu Huang?
1. The effect of clearing heat and eliminating phlegm
After taking Zhu Huang, it has the effect of clearing heat and transforming phlegm. If you want to maximize the medicinal properties of this herb, you can also use Zhu Huang together with medicinal herbs such as Fritillaria, mulberry white bark, and Trichosanthes fruit.
2. Treating infantile convulsions, coma from febrile disease, and stroke epilepsy
Zhu Huang has the effects of clearing and transforming hot phlegm and clearing the heart and calming fright. The medicinal nature of this herb is relatively similar to bamboo sap, but it does not have the cold and slippery drawbacks of bamboo sap. In daily life, if a child develops phlegm-heat convulsions, Zhu Huang can be made into Baolong Pills with cinnabar, musk, and Arisaema cum Bile for taking; if the body already suffers from stroke with phlegm congestion and phlegm-heat epilepsy and other diseases, then Zhu Huang needs to be combined with Acorus gramineus, Coptis chinensis, and Curcuma aromatica to make a medicinal formula for taking; if suffering from coma from febrile disease, to exert the maximum medicinal effect, Zhu Huang needs to be combined with Forsythia, bamboo leaf rolls, and cow bezoar.
3. Calming the mind and settling fright
If a child suffers from symptoms such as whole-body convulsions, phlegm rales in the throat, and fever with drowsiness, it indicates infantile convulsions. At this time, it is recommended to grind Zhu Huang together with cinnabar, Coptis chinensis, musk, stiff silkworm, and natural indigo into powder and take it with warm water. If the phlegm problem is severe, an appropriate amount of Arisaema cum Bile can also be added to the above formula and taken together.
If a child suffers from convulsions with night crying, then Zhu Huang needs to be ground into powder with medicinal herbs such as licorice, stiff silkworm, Curcuma aromatica, and cicada slough and taken mixed with water, and the child's body can also recover health quickly.
4. Clearing heat and eliminating phlegm
If the body develops this uncomfortable condition, Zhu Huang needs to be ground into powder with cow bezoar, antelope horn, and rhinoceros horn and taken mixed with water, and after persisting for a period of time the body will naturally recover health.
5. Promoting cardiovascular system health
Scientists have found through experiments that the water decoction extract of Zhu Huang can weaken cardiac contractility and slow the heart rate, and this is directly related to concentration. In addition, Zhu Huang can also dilate blood vessels, mainly shown as increased blood flow, and capillary permeability also increases very noticeably, and it also has a certain effect on blood pressure.
6. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory
When Zhu Huang was injected into the body, it was found that the effects it could exert were relatively similar to anti-inflammatory drugs and Dolantin, and it could effectively reduce the writhing response of the body to acetic acid, and could also effectively reduce the degree of foot pad swelling caused by egg white.
2. How do you make infused liquor with Zhu Huang?
1. Zhu Huang liquor
Formula: Zhu Huang 60g, baijiu 1000ml.
Method: Put Zhu Huang into a clean container; pour in baijiu to soak, seal; open after 3-5 days, bottle and set aside.
Usage: 5-10ml each time, 2 times daily. Patients with skin diseases such as onychomycosis and tinea manuum should not take it.
Effects: Transform phlegm and relieve pain.
2. Zhu Huang honey liquor
Formula: Zhu Huang 30 grams, honey 60 grams, baijiu 500 milliliters.
Method: Soak Zhu Huang and honey in baijiu, and it can be consumed after 1 day.
Effects: Treats cough with excessive phlegm type bronchitis.
3. Who should not take Zhu Huang?
If patients suffer from skin diseases, especially patients with tinea manuum and onychomycosis, they must absolutely not take Zhu Huang in daily life, to avoid worsening the disease symptoms. In addition, pregnant women, patients with high blood pressure, patients with spleen-stomach deficiency cold and loose stools, and patients without damp-heat phlegm-fire, etc., are all not suitable for taking Zhu Huang, to avoid changes in the disease that are detrimental to health.
While taking Zhu Huang, daily diet also needs attention; in particular, one should not eat some sour and spicy foods, and radish should also not be taken, otherwise the medicinal nature of Zhu Huang will change.