Introduce the efficacy, function and contraindications of Anemarrhena asphodeloides.

1, Anemarrhena asphodeloides Efficacy: quenching thirst and relieving annoyance. Anemarrhena asphodeloides has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening bath, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Combined with Trichosanthes root and Schisandra fruit, the curative effect can be enhanced, such as Yu Ye decoction. It has a good effect on thirst, polydipsia and polyuria. Clearing heat and purging fire. Indications for fever, for exogenous fever, high fever, polydipsia, lung heat and dry cough. Clearing lung and resolving phlegm. It can be used for cough due to lung heat or dry cough due to yin deficiency and thick phlegm.

This product has the effects of clearing away lung fire, nourishing yin and moistening lung. It is often used with Fritillaria to clear lung-heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, that is, Ermu Powder. Nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. It can be used for joint steaming, hot flashes, night sweats, and vexation caused by yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, and deficiency of lung and kidney.

Anemarrhena asphodeloides has the function of nourishing yin and reducing fire. It is often combined with Cortex Phellodendri for nourishing yin, such as Baizhi Dihuang Pill. Relaxation and moistening dryness. It can be used for treating constipation, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, dyspepsia, anorexia in stomach, and diarrhea due to kidney deficiency.

2. Efficacy of Anemarrhena asphodeloides: Efficacy against pathogenic microorganisms: Anemarrhena asphodeloides has a strong antibacterial effect on Gram-negative bacteria such as Shigella dysenteriae, Typhoid Bacillus, Paratyphoid Bacillus, Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus, hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus and Bordetella pertussis in vitro.

Feeding experimental pulmonary tuberculosis mice with feed containing 2.5% Anemarrhena asphodeloides powder can alleviate the focus of pulmonary tuberculosis. Anemarrhena asphodeloides has a strong antibacterial effect on some common pathogenic dermatophytes, such as Trichophyton hybridum and its Mongolian variety, Trichophyton cordata, Trichophyton purpurea, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton floccosum, Trichophyton ferruginosum, Trichophyton interphalangeal and microsporum canis. A water-soluble saponin extracted from Anemarrhena asphodeloides has a strong inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, especially Candida albicans, and another flavone crystal also has an inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

3, Anemarrhena taboo: spleen and stomach deficiency cold, loose stool should not take. 1 "Don't record": Too many clothes make you tired. ② Drug Description: It is forbidden for patients with lung cold cough, deficiency of kidney-qi, no fire and weakness of feet and pulse. ③ "Herbal Jing Shu": impotence and flaccidity, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, dyspepsia, anorexia due to stomach deficiency, diarrhea due to kidney deficiency, etc. , and the use of this method is prohibited. ④ "Ben Feng Jingyuan": Exogenous exterior syndrome has not been removed, and diarrhea and thirst are taboo. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and heat take it by mistake, which makes them diarrhea and reduce their food intake, so deficiency is a big taboo.