Paris polyphylla

Paris polyphylla

Paris polyphylla, a Chinese medicine name. It is the dried rhizome of Paris polyphylla or Paris polyphylla of the Liliaceae family. It tastes bitter, is slightly cold, and is slightly toxic. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming the nerves. It is often used for furuncles, carbuncle, sore throat, snake and insect bites, injuries from falls, and convulsions.

The efficacy and function of Chonglou

1. Effects of clearing heat and detoxifying <br /> Paridis has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, stopping spasms and relieving pain. It is often used to improve and relieve pain during anti-tumor treatment, effectively alleviating the pain of patients. Paridis is also often used for anti-cancer treatment and has a wide range of anti-cancer effects.
2. Antitussive and antiasthmatic effects <br /> Paridis paridis has anti-inflammatory effects on aseptic inflammation caused by dextran, and has antitussive and antiasthmatic effects.
3. Treatment of sore throat <br /> Paridis is used for high fever, convulsions, or toxic heat, sore throat. It is often used to prevent and treat epidemic encephalitis B and mumps, either alone or in combination with isatis leaf, isatis root, etc.
4. Treating heat-toxic sores and swellings, and poisonous snake bites <br /> Paridis can also be used for heat-toxic sores and swellings, scrofula, and poisonous snake bites. Used alone, grind it with vinegar to apply or grind it into powder to apply to the affected area. It can also be used in combination with other heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines, such as Duoming Decoction for treating carbuncle swellings, using this product in combination with honeysuckle, coptis root, red peony root, etc.

Nutritional value of Paris polyphylla

Paris polyphylla tastes bitter, is slightly cold in nature and slightly toxic. Its most important effects are clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It can eliminate many pathogens in the human body, such as Shigella dysenteriae, influenza virus and Staphylococcus aureus, and has a good therapeutic effect on diseases caused by these pathogens.

Medicinal value of Paris polyphylla

[Medicinal use] This product is the rhizome of the Liliaceae plant.
【Nature and flavor and meridians】Bitter, slightly cold. Slightly toxic. Enters the liver meridian.
【Effects】Clears away heat, detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves spasms.
【Clinical Application】1. Used for heat-toxic sores, malignant sores, sore throat, snake and insect bites, etc. This product has a strong heat-clearing and detoxifying effect. It can be used in combination with honeysuckle, forsythia, etc. to treat heat-toxic sores; it can be used together with Bidens pilosa to treat poisonous snake bites.
2. Used for cancer.
Seven-leafed Polygonum multiflorum is used to treat cancer, and is often used in combination with Lithospermum officinale, Scutellaria barbata, and Prunella vulgaris.
In addition, this product can also be used for children with high fever, convulsions and fits.
[Prescription name] Seven-leaf gentian (wash, dry, and chop)
[General dosage and usage] 3 to 5 grams, decocted and taken orally.
【note】

1. The original name of Seven-leaf Parsley was Parsley, also known as Paris polyphylla, commonly known as Paris polyphylla. However, the Paris polyphylla (Parsley) sold in Chinese medicine stores in Shanghai is originally the Polygonum multiflorum of the Polygonaceae family, so in order to avoid confusion between varieties, this product is only called Seven-leaf Parsley.
2. This product has a good effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is used for children with high fever, convulsions and seizures. It takes advantage of its bitter and cold properties to achieve the purpose of clearing heat and calming seizures.

Side effects of Chonglou

The poisoning dose of this product is generally 60~90g, the incubation period is about 1~3 hours, and the symptoms of poisoning are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, and severe cases may cause convulsions. Caution should be taken in clinical use.
Paris polyphylla was first recorded in Shennong's Herbal Classic and was listed as a low-grade product.
<Famous Doctors' Records> says: "It grows in Shanyang River Valley and Yuanju."
The New Compendium of Materia Medica says: "The one we now call Chonglou is Chongtai. It is also called Gansui by southerners. Its seedlings are like Wangsun and Guiju, with two or three layers. Its roots are like fat calamus, with thin, crisp and white flesh."
The Compendium of Materia Medica says: "It is also found in Hezhong, Heyang, Hua, Feng, Wenzhou and between Jianghuai."
The Essentials of Materia Medica says: "It is authentically from Chuzhou."
The Illustrated Record of Plant Names and Realities says: "It is common in the mountains of Jiangxi and Hunan, and is also cultivated by local people."

Taboos for using Chonglou

It is forbidden to be taken by patients with deficiency-cold syndrome, Yin-yang sores and pregnant women.

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