What are the benefits and effects of Xianglingcao?
Xianglingcao, also known as Ma Xiangling, Xianglingdou, False Peanut, etc., is the root or whole plant of Crotalaria ferruginea or Crotalaria linifolia of the genus Crotalaria in the Fabaceae family. As a medicinal herb, it has the effects of nourishing the kidney and liver, relieving cough and calming asthma, and eliminating dampness and detoxifying. It is used to treat tinnitus, deafness, dizziness, spermatorrhea, menorrhagia, leukorrhea, chronic cough with blood-streaked phlegm, asthma, nephritis, difficult urination, and other conditions. Let us take a look at the benefits and effects of Xianglingcao!
The medicinal effects of Xianglingcao
[Nature and flavor] Bitter and slightly sour in taste, neutral in nature.
[Meridian tropism] Lung, liver, and kidney meridians.
[Effects] Nourishes the kidney and liver, relieves cough and calms asthma, eliminates dampness and detoxifies. It mainly treats tinnitus, deafness, dizziness, spermatorrhea, menorrhagia, leukorrhea, chronic cough with blood-streaked phlegm, asthma, nephritis, difficult urination, tonsillitis, mumps, and boils and swellings.
Related discussions on Xianglingcao
1. "Diannan Bencao": Astringes lung qi, relieves cough, reduces phlegm, and calms asthma.
2. "Caomu Bianfang": Tonifies the middle and boosts qi, treats tinnitus, dizziness, and abnormal uterine bleeding. It also purges fire and clears heat, calms liver wind, and reduces swelling and pain.
3. "Sichuan Zhongyao Zhi": Tonifies the middle and boosts qi, treats tinnitus and deafness, dizziness, spermatorrhea due to kidney deficiency, and dry blood fatigue in women.
The pharmacological effects of Xianglingcao
1. Anticancer effect: Xianglingcao can inhibit transplanted tumors.
2. Antibacterial effect: Xianglingcao has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, and Escherichia coli, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella, etc.
Medicinal formulas of Xianglingcao
1. To treat tinnitus due to qi deficiency: Xianglingcao 24 g, Acorus tatarinowii 9 g, decoct in water and take.
2. To treat deafness after illness: Xianglingcao 30 g. Stew with 1 pair of pig ears, add table salt and take.
3. To treat spermatorrhea at night: Xianglingcao 15 g, Yehansu 15 g, Payanlong 15 g, Maoyao 15 g, Shuangshencao 9 g, stew with meat and take.
4. To treat weakness with sinking qi: Xianglingcao root 15 g, Yiduoyun 9 g, stew with meat and take.
5. To treat boils and malignant sores: Mash the whole plant of Xianglingcao and apply to the affected area.
6. To treat hernia: Xianglingdou 30-60 g, boil in water for fumigation and washing.