What are the effects and uses of Corydalis saxicola?
Corydalis saxicola, also known as Yanhu, Yanlian, Tuhuanglian and so on, is the whole plant of Corydalis saxicola Bunting, a plant of the genus Corydalis in the family Papaveraceae. Used as medicine, it has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, removing dampness, relieving pain and stopping bleeding, and has therapeutic effects on conditions such as hepatitis, mouth and tongue erosion, pinkeye, eye opacity, dysentery, diarrhea, abdominal pain and bleeding hemorrhoids. Now let us take a look at the effects and uses of Corydalis saxicola!
The medicinal effects of Corydalis saxicola
[Nature and flavor] Bitter in taste, cool in nature.
[Meridians entered] Stomach and large intestine meridians.
[Effects] Clearing heat, detoxifying, removing dampness, relieving pain and stopping bleeding; mainly treats hepatitis, mouth and tongue erosion, pinkeye, eye opacity, dysentery, diarrhea, abdominal pain and bleeding hemorrhoids.
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"Guizhou Folk Medicines": clears heat and detoxifies, relieves pain and stops bleeding.
The pharmacological effects of Corydalis saxicola
1. Pharmacological experiments show that the alkaloids contained in Corydalis saxicola have central nervous system inhibitory effects such as analgesia and sedation, and also have anti-inflammatory, cholagogic, immunomodulatory, anti-tumor and antiviral effects.
2. In vitro antibacterial tests preliminarily proved that the effective antibacterial component of Corydalis saxicola is dehydrocavidine, which has a certain inhibitory effect on Gram-positive bacteria, but has no inhibitory effect on Gram-negative bacteria.
Medicinal selected prescriptions of Corydalis saxicola
1. To treat pinkeye and eye opacity: Corydalis saxicola and gentian each 1 qian, borneol 5 fen. Grind together into powder, place in a porcelain cup and steam thoroughly, then use a lamp wick grass to dip the medicine and apply it into the eyes.
2. To treat bleeding hemorrhoids and red dysentery: Corydalis saxicola 5 qian, steamed with 2 liang of liquor and taken.
3. To treat acute abdominal pain: Corydalis saxicola 2 qian, eaten raw.