What are the effects and functions of Corydalis decumbens?
Corydalis decumbens, also known as Fudi Yanhusuo, Yili Jindan, Luoshuizhu, and other names, is the dried tuber of Corydalis decumbens (Thunb.) Pers., a plant in the genus Corydalis of the family Papaveraceae. Used as medicine, it has the effects of invigorating blood and unblocking collaterals, promoting qi and relieving pain, and dispelling wind and removing dampness. It has therapeutic effects on conditions such as post-stroke hemiplegia, headache, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthralgia, and waist and leg pain. Now let us take a look at the effects and functions of Corydalis decumbens!
The medicinal effects of Corydalis decumbens
[Nature and flavor] Bitter in taste, slightly pungent, warm in nature.
[Meridian entry] Liver meridian.
[Effects] Invigorates blood and unblocks collaterals, promotes qi and relieves pain, dispels wind and removes dampness. Mainly treats post-stroke hemiplegia, headache, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthralgia, and waist and leg pain.
Various discussions of Corydalis decumbens
1. "Common Folk Herbal Medicines of Zhejiang": Promotes blood circulation, invigorates blood, stops bleeding, relieves pain, and relieves spasms.
2. Jiangxi "Chinese Herbal Medicine": Lowers blood pressure and relieves pain, promotes qi and invigorates blood. Treats various types of hypertension, hemiplegia, rheumatoid arthritis, and lumbar muscle strain.
Medicinal combinations of Corydalis decumbens
1. Corydalis decumbens can invigorate blood and promote qi, and has a relatively significant pain-relieving effect. Clinically, it is commonly used to treat lumbar muscle strain, rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, and other conditions. There is a Corydalis decumbens injection available for intramuscular injection, and it can also be used in combination with Angelica sinensis, Achyranthes bidentata, Notopterygium incisum, and Angelica pubescens for rheumatic arthralgia, strain-related low back pain, and leg pain.
2. Corydalis decumbens has blood pressure-lowering and collateral-unblocking effects, and can be used for hemiplegia caused by hypertension or stroke, or for limb dysfunction as a sequela of polio. For treating hypertension, it can be used in combination with Prunella vulgaris and Uncaria rhynchophylla. If there is post-stroke hemiplegia and limb dysfunction, it can be used together with Notopterygium incisum, Angelica pubescens, and the like.
Medicinal prescriptions of Corydalis decumbens
1. To treat hemiplegia caused by hypertension, brain tumor, or cerebral embolism: mash fresh Corydalis decumbens. Take 4 to 5 large granules or 8 to 9 small granules each time, 1 to 3 times a day, taken with rice wine or boiled water, continuously for 3 to 12 months.
2. To treat various types of hypertension: take Corydalis decumbens ground into powder and mixed with water, 2 to 4 grams each time. Or decoct Corydalis decumbens, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Morus alba root bark, and Prunella vulgaris and take.
3. To treat rheumatoid arthritis: take Corydalis decumbens powder, 3 qian each time, twice a day.
4. To treat lumbar muscle strain: decoct 5 qian of the whole plant of Corydalis decumbens and take.