What is the effect and function of the root of five-finger peach?

Five-finger peach is sweet and light in taste, and has the effects of invigorating qi, tonifying deficiency, promoting qi circulation, relieving depression, strengthening tendons and activating collaterals, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. According to "Guangdong Medicinal Materials Standard", Ficus hirsuta is sweet and slightly warm, and enters the lung, spleen, stomach, large intestine and liver meridian, which has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, eliminating phlegm and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.

Can be used for treating lung deficiency, phlegm and asthma, weakness of spleen and stomach, weakness of limbs, anorexia, abdominal distension, edema, rheumatalgia, lumbago and leg pain; It is also used for adjuvant treatment of chronic hepatitis and ascites due to liver cirrhosis.

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To choose a good five-finger peach, remember three things:

First, look at the color. The surface cork is orange to reddish brown, generally brown is better, but the color of the field environment is different due to different soil conditions.

The second is to choose texture, which is thin and tough, easy to peel off and rich in fiber. On the contrary, coarse black has fewer effective components and thinner roots.

The third is the smell, there is no sulfur smell, and a good five-finger peach has a faint coconut fragrance.

People's network-it is better to pick the thin roots of five-finger peaches.