What are the effects and functions of Zushima?
Zushima, also known as Zusima, Zousima, Zousima and so on, is the stem bark and root bark of the Thymelaeaceae plants Huangruixiang (Daphne giraldii), Shangan Ruixiang (Daphne tangutica) and Aoye Ruixiang (Daphne retusa). Used as medicine, it has the effects of dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, and dissipating blood stasis and relieving pain. It has a therapeutic effect on rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of the limbs, headache, stomach pain, waist pain, traumatic injuries and other conditions. Let us take a look at the effects and functions of Zushima below!
The medicinal effects of Zushima
[Nature and flavor] Pungent and bitter in flavor, warm in nature, slightly toxic.
[Meridian entry] Heart and liver meridians.
[Effects] Dispels wind and dredges collaterals, dissipates blood stasis and relieves pain. Mainly treats rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of the limbs, headache, stomach pain, waist pain, and traumatic injuries. Pregnant women are forbidden to take it.
Related discussions on Zushima
1. "Shaanxi Chinese Materia Medica": Relieves pain, dissipates blood, nourishes blood, and has anesthetic properties. Used for traumatic injuries, generalized body pain, headache, heart and stomach pain, and waist and leg pain. It also treats numbness of the limbs.
2. "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": Dispels wind and removes dampness, warms the middle and dispels cold. Treats colds, rheumatic pain, stroke-induced numbness, hemiplegia, and itchy skin rashes.
3. "Compilation of National Chinese Herbal Medicines": Dispels wind and dredges collaterals, removes stasis and relieves pain. Mainly treats toothache, stomach pain, and liver area disease.
4. "Hubei Chinese Herbal Medicine Records": Relaxes the sinews and dredges collaterals, activates blood and relieves pain. Used for stomach pain, rheumatic pain, waist pain, traumatic injuries, and fractures.
The pharmacological effects of Zushima
1. Zushima has obvious analgesic, sedative and hypnotic effects.
2. The saponins contained in Zushima have anti-inflammatory and swelling-reducing effects.
3. The daphnetin contained in Zushima has effects such as dilating the coronary arteries, increasing coronary blood flow, dilating peripheral blood vessels, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption, improving myocardial metabolism, and promoting the recovery of cardiac function.
4. Daphnetin also has anti-thrombotic and anti-coagulant effects. Daphnetin propyl has a hemostatic effect.
5. Daphnetin has an obvious inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Flexner's dysentery bacillus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Medicinal prescriptions of Zushima
1. To treat heart and stomach pain: Zushima 1 qian 5 fen, licorice 3 qian. Decoct in water and take.
2. To treat waist and leg pain: Zushima, fangfeng, tuqingmuxiang, qianghuo, duhuo, touguxiao, ruxiang, xiaohui, and licorice, decocted in yellow wine and taken. For women add Siwu Tang, for men add Sijunzi Tang.
3. To treat numbness of the limbs: Zushima 3 qian, decocted in water, and cook ten eggs in it. Eat one each morning and evening, and drink one or two mouthfuls of the soup (better used in winter).
4. To treat wind-cold cold: Zushima 2 qian, with ginger and scallion white as guiding ingredients. Decoct in water and take.