The effect of Scrophularia ginseng porridge

Scrophularia ginseng porridge

This product has small fibrous roots. The stem is slightly square columnar, with slightly swollen nodes and many branches, 30-80cm long, 1.5-2.5mm in diameter, yellow-green, and slightly purple in old stems; the broken surface is fibrous, and the pith is hollow. Single leaves are opposite, mostly wrinkled, and the intact leaves are ovate or ovate when flattened, 3-5cm long, 2-3cm wide, yellow-green to gray-green; the tip is sharp, the base is cuneate, and the edges have rounded and blunt serrations. The petiole is 1-2cm long. The whole body is covered with short rough hairs. The raceme is terminal or axillary, with 4 calyx lobes, the outer 2 lobes are larger, ovate, and the inner 2 lobes are small and strip-shaped; the corolla is lip-shaped. The capsule is flat and ovate, wrapped in the persistent sepals. The seeds are small and numerous. The smell is slight and the taste is bitter.

Description of medicinal uses of bitter figwort

[Source]: It is the whole herb of Scrophularia ningpoensis, a dicotyledonous medicinal plant of the Scrophulariaceae family.

【Effects】: Clears away heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves pain, stimulates appetite and helps digestion.

[Main indications]: Used for colds, wind-heat, sore throat, dysentery, snake bites, bruises, stomachache, and indigestion.

[Nature and flavor]: Bitter, cool. Enters the heart, liver, stomach, and large intestine meridians.

[Usage and Dosage]: Oral administration: 6-9 grams, decocted and taken orally.

[Other names]: Fish gall grass, tetracycline grass (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines), snake chief (Guangxi)

[Distribution of animal and plant resources]: Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and southern Yunnan.

Characteristics of bitter figwort

This product has small fibrous roots. The stem is slightly square columnar, with slightly swollen nodes and many branches, 30-80cm long, 1.5-2.5mm in diameter, yellow-green, and slightly purple in old stems; the broken surface is fibrous, and the pith is hollow. Single leaves are opposite, mostly wrinkled, and the intact leaves are ovate or ovate when flattened, 3-5cm long, 2-3cm wide, yellow-green to gray-green; the tip is sharp, the base is cuneate, and the edges have rounded and blunt serrations. The petiole is 1-2cm long. The whole body is covered with short rough hairs. The raceme is terminal or axillary, with 4 calyx lobes, the outer 2 lobes are larger, ovate, and the inner 2 lobes are small and strip-shaped; the corolla is lip-shaped. The capsule is flat and ovate, wrapped in the persistent sepals. The seeds are small and numerous. The smell is slight and the taste is bitter.

Description of medicinal uses of bitter figwort

[Source]: It is the whole herb of Scrophularia ningpoensis, a dicotyledonous medicinal plant of the Scrophulariaceae family.

【Effects】: Clears away heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves pain, stimulates appetite and helps digestion.

[Main indications]: Used for colds, wind-heat, sore throat, dysentery, snake bites, bruises, stomachache, and indigestion.

[Nature and flavor]: Bitter, cool. Enters the heart, liver, stomach, and large intestine meridians.

[Usage and Dosage]: Oral administration: 6-9 grams, decocted and taken orally.

[Other names]: Fish gall grass, tetracycline grass (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines), snake chief (Guangxi)

[Distribution of animal and plant resources]: Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and southern Yunnan.

Efficacy and function

The effect of Scrophularia ginseng porridge

The effects and functions of Scrophularia: Scrophularia’s effect of nourishing kidney yin is similar to that of Rehmannia, so the two medicines are often used together.

However, Scrophularia ningpoensis is bitter and can laxative, clear away heat, detoxify and relieve sore throat. It has a wide range of clinical applications and is generally not used as a long-term tonic. Rehmannia glutinosa is specifically used to nourish the kidney and yin, and can be used as a long-term yin-nourishing medicine.

Scrophularia is a salty and cold product with moist and rich fluid. It nourishes yin, reduces fire, detoxifies and relieves rouge. When combined with fresh radix rehmanniae, cortex moutan, and red peony root, it can clear away heat and cool blood; when combined with large radix rehmanniae and ophiopogon japonicus, it can nourish yin and increase fluid; when combined with burdock seeds and isatis root, it can detoxify and relieve sore throat; when combined with large radix rehmanniae, cassia bark, buddlejac, and cicada shell, it can improve eyesight and remove cataracts; when combined with oyster, fritillaria, and prunella vulgaris, it can disperse nodules and eliminate scrofula; when combined with honeysuckle, angelica, and liquorice, it can detoxify and reduce swelling.

The effects and functions of Scrophularia: Scrophularia’s effect of nourishing kidney yin is similar to that of Rehmannia, so the two medicines are often used together.

However, Scrophularia ningpoensis is bitter and can laxative, clear away heat, detoxify and relieve sore throat. It has a wide range of clinical applications and is generally not used as a long-term tonic. Rehmannia glutinosa is specifically used to nourish the kidney and yin, and can be used as a long-term yin-nourishing medicine.

Scrophularia is a salty and cold product with moist and rich fluid. It nourishes yin, reduces fire, detoxifies and relieves rouge. When combined with fresh radix rehmanniae, cortex moutan, and red peony root, it can clear away heat and cool blood; when combined with large radix rehmanniae and ophiopogon japonicus, it can nourish yin and increase fluid; when combined with burdock seeds and isatis root, it can detoxify and relieve sore throat; when combined with large radix rehmanniae, cassia bark, buddlejac, and cicada shell, it can improve eyesight and remove cataracts; when combined with oyster, fritillaria, and prunella vulgaris, it can disperse nodules and eliminate scrofula; when combined with honeysuckle, angelica, and liquorice, it can detoxify and reduce swelling.