Medicinal health preservation (Yin-tonifying herbs)

The source of the northern sand ginseng is the root of the plant Sarcandra glabra from the Apiaceae family. It is mainly produced in Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu and other places. 【 Pharmacological Components 】 It contains starch, alkaloids, volatile oil, stigmasterol, triterpene acid, and β -sitosterol. It has the effects of expectorant, antipyretic and analgesic. 【 Taste and Nature 】 It has a sweet and slightly bitter taste and a slightly cold nature. It belongs to the lung and stomach meridians. Dosage: 5 to 9 grams. 【 Functions 】 Moistens the lungs and relieves cough, benefits the stomach and generates body fluids. It is used for symptoms such as dry cough due to lung dryness, deficiency of body fluids due to febrile diseases, and thirst. 【 Contraindications 】 It is contraindicated for those with cold and weak cough or deficiency of the lungs and stomach. Anti-veratrum. Nansha Ginseng [Source] is the root of plants such as Adenophora tetraphylla, Adenophora tetraphylla and Adenophora broad-leaved in the Campanulaceae family. It is mainly produced in Anhui, Sichuan, Jiangsu and other places. 【 Pharmacological Components 】 It contains adenophora saponin, starch, etc. It has the functions of expectorant, strengthening the heart and antifungal. 【 Taste and Nature 】 It has a sweet taste and a slightly cold nature. It belongs to the lung and kidney meridians. Dosage: 10 to 15 grams. 【 Functions 】 Nourishing Yin and clearing the lungs, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. It is used for symptoms such as dry cough due to lung heat, long-term cough due to deficiency, and dry throat and sore throat due to Yin deficiency. Scrophularia [[R1]] [Source] is the dried root of Scrophularia scrophularia, a plant of the Scrophulariaceae family. It is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places. 【 Pharmacological Components 】 It contains alkaloids, sugars, sterols, amino acids, fatty acids, volatile oils, carotene and other components. It has the effects of lowering blood pressure, blood sugar, reducing fever and strengthening the heart. 【 Nature and Taste 】 It is slightly cold in nature and has a bitter, sweet and salty taste. It belongs to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians. Dosage: 10 to 15 grams. 【 Functions 】 Nourishing Yin and reducing internal heat, relieving irritability and detoxifying. It is applicable to conditions such as Yin deficiency due to heat illness, bone steaming and labor fever, warm toxins causing spots, constipation due to body fluid deficiency, sore throat, abscesses and sores, and scrofula. 【 Contraindications 】 Those with dampness in the spleen and stomach and pregnant women with spleen deficiency and loose stools should avoid taking it. It should not be used together with veratrum. Polygonatum odoratum [Source] is the rhizome of Polygonatum odoratum, a plant of the Liliaceae family. It is mainly produced in Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Hunan, Zhejiang and other places. 【 Pharmacological Components 】 It contains lily of the valley glycoside, lily of the valley bitter glycoside, as well as naphthol, quercetin, vitamin A, niacin, starch and mucilage. A small amount has a strengthening effect on the heart, while a large amount can suppress the heart and lower blood sugar. 【 Taste and Nature 】 Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Dosage: 9 to 15 grams. 【 Functions 】 Nourishing Yin and moistening dryness, promoting the production of body fluids and quenching thirst. It is used to treat symptoms such as Yin deficiency caused by febrile diseases, cough, excessive thirst, fever due to debility, and frequent urination. 【 Contraindications 】 Polygonatum odoratum [[R2]]【 Source 】 It is the dried rhizomes of Polygonatum odoratum, Polygonatum multiflorum or Polygonatum yunnanense plants of the Liliaceae family, as well as several species of the same genus. It is used by steaming and sun-drying. It is mainly produced in Guizhou, Hunan, Zhejiang, Guangxi and other places. 【 Pharmacological Components 】 Polygonatum odoratum contains niacin, mucilage and anthraquinone components; Polygonatum odoratum contains cardiac glycosides. It has antibacterial, antifungal and antihypertensive effects. 【 Taste and Nature 】 Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It belongs to the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. Dosage: 9 to 12 grams. 【 Functions 】 Tonifies the middle and benefits qi, nourishes Yin and moistens the lungs. It is used for physical weakness and fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, dry cough due to lung dryness, diabetes, etc.