Do you know what West River willow is and what medicinal properties it has?

Xihe willow, also known as tamarix, belongs to a shrub or small tree plant, its vitality is relatively tenacious, and it is distributed in all parts of China. Because this plant likes to grow in sandy soil, it has a certain effect of preventing sand and fixing soil, and is often planted by people by the river, which is also the origin of its name.

In ancient times, Xihe willow was often used to relieve colds, coughs, measles itching and other diseases, such as the "Materia Medica" said that Xihe willow can solve "rash does not come out, cough and stuffiness"; "Materia Medica" also said that Xihe willow has the function of "dispelling wind and relieving itching", and bathing with it after decoction has the effect of relieving the itching and pain of rash.

In fact, for thousands of years, we have also summed up a lot of wonderful uses of Xihe willow in our folk, and I will share some with my friends here.

1. The wonderful use of Xihe willow to relieve colds and coughs.

Xihe willow has a slightly spicy taste, and the medicinal properties are good at diverging, and it has the effect of relieving the surface and dispelling evil. Generally in May and June, when the branches and leaves of Xihe willow are in full bloom, people will harvest some fresh and tender Xihe willow branches, and then dry them for later use.

If you have some symptoms such as cold and nasal congestion, headache and fever, you can directly boil some water with Xihe willow and ginger, which can quickly relieve it.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Xihe willow is often used in combination with honeysuckle, mulberry leaves, Qianghuo, perilla leaves and other medicines, which have a good control effect on some common influenzas and fever in modern people.

Second, the wonderful use of Xihe willow to relieve cough.

In life, whether you feel the evil of wind and heat, or the internal invasion of wind and cold, the most common symptom is cough, and the medicinal properties of Xihe willow are more peaceful, and the taste and pungent can disperse lung qi, so it has a good relieving effect on cough caused by lung qi caused by a variety of reasons.

In some folk places, when people cough due to cold, fever or other tracheal inflammation, they often use some twigs of Xihe willow to boil tea and drink, and the effect is very good.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is often based on the specific symptoms of the symptomatic compatibility, such as those with wind and heat, Xihe willow is used with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, mint, burdock seeds, etc.; If it is a person who suffers from wind and cold, it can be used with Xihe willow with ephedra, perilla, ginger and so on.

3. The wonderful use of Xihe willow to relieve itching.

The pungent power of Xihe willow can penetrate inside and outside the body, and it is quite effective for the common measles impermeability.

For example, when we have heat poison stagnation in our body, and then accumulate in the skin surface and cause **heat rash, or occasionally feel the wind evil caused by **rubella redness, itching, etc., we can use the fresh branches and leaves of Xihe willow decoction water to take it directly, and at the same time fumigate the affected area, which has a good effect of dialysis and itching.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Xihe willow is often used in combination with burdock seeds, light bamboo leaves, honeysuckle, forsythia, cicada molt and other medicinal materials, which can be used both internally and externally, which can effectively alleviate various rashes and itching symptoms above.

Xihe willow' is a deciduous shrub or small tree, which is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. Its medicinal value is heat dissipation, detoxification, release dialysis, for measles impermeable rheumatism and paralysis.

I know that the role of Xihe willow is to relieve the rash and evacuate wind and heat; It is used for measles, colds, rheumatic joint pain, dysuria and other diseases; Rubella antipruritic topical, decoction, rinse.

The efficacy and role of Xihe willow

Xihe willow is a very cold medicinal material, many people through the consumption of Xihe willow to achieve the effect of dispelling wind and detoxification, in the ** by the heat poison caused by various uncomfortable symptoms can play a very good role, this oak is good because Xihe willow is rich in medicinal ingredients, can effectively remove the body in the heat poison. For the body of the disease caused by heat poison when hungry, we can take Xihe willow to achieve the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and regular consumption can maintain health. Let's talk about the efficacy of Xihe willow in detail.

The efficacy of Xihe willow

1. **Cold.

The colds mentioned here are mainly wind-heat colds, and wind-cold colds must not be taken Xihe willow, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of wind cold and cold, and wind-heat colds may cause measles and other symptoms, which will make me feel itchy all over my body, and Xihe willow can play its important role at this time.

Take out 15 grams of river willow from the West Teaser and put it into a medicine pot for decoction, and decoction three bowls of water to one bowl of water. Drinking twice a day can be a good way to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms caused by wind, heat and cold.

2. Dispel dampness and wind.

Summer is a rainy season, the humidity in this season is very heavy, and we like to blow the air conditioner, which leads to our body is prone to excessive moisture, so we should do a good job of removing dampness and wind. Take out an appropriate amount of Xihe willow and put it into the medicine pot for decoction, and insist on taking it every day to achieve the effect of dispelling dampness and wind.

3. Clear away heat and relieve cough.

When the heat poison in our body accumulates to a certain extent, it is easy to cause symptoms such as cough, at this time, we can achieve the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying by taking Xihe willow, and solve the problem caused by heat poison from the root.

Xihe willow, mainly produced in Hebei and Henan; It is produced in most parts of the country. Contains resin, quercetin-methyl ether, tannins, salicylin. It has the effect of dispersing wind, detoxifying and issuing diaphragm, and is used for wind-heat cold, measles at the beginning, rash impermeability, rheumatism and paralysis, itching and other symptoms.

The function of Xihe willow: it can relieve the surface, penetrate the rash, and disperse wind and heat; It is used for measles, colds, rheumatoid joint pain, poor urination, etc.; Externally used for rubella itching, decoction washed.

1. Xihe willow can be used to treat colds, measles, rubella itching and other symptoms. **Measles is at the beginning, and the hair is not smooth, and it is often used in combination with peppermint, cicada, cimicifuga, etc. It can be applied regardless of internal use or external use.

2. Xihe willow can dispel wind and dampness, and treat rheumatism and joint pain. It is used for rheumatic joint pain and muscle and pulse spasm, and can be used with Qinjiang. It is used for the feeling of wind and cold outside the surface, the itching of the wind into the meridians, and the paralysis and pain of rheumatism into the meridians.

3. The decoction of this product has inhibitory effect on pneumococcus, group A streptococcus, Staphylococcus albicans and influenza bacilli. Tamaridol and tamariol have a strong inhibitory effect on drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

4. The 40 ethanol water dissolved component of this product has anti-inflammatory effect. The 70 ethanol extract of this product is administered orally to the GAT and GPT values of acute hepatitis induced by carbon tetrachloride, which have inhibitory effects and can reduce liver tissue damage.