Overview of rhizoma herb effects and precautions

Alisma is one of the traditional Chinese medicine. According to Chinese medicine theory, it is cold in nature and has the effect of diverting water and dampness. Modern medical research shows that Alisma can reduce serum total cholesterol and triacylglycerol content, slow down the formation of atherosclerosis. Alisma and its preparations are also used in inner ear vertigo, dyslipidemia, nocturnal emission, fatty liver and diabetes.

Rhizoma herb efficacy and role

1. Reduce fat and lose weight

It has a good effect of lowering blood lipids, and has a lowering effect on cholesterol, triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein, and has an inhibitory effect on atherosclerosis. It can also reduce the accumulation of fat in the liver, and reduce the weight of obese people. There are also anti-platelet aggregation, anti-coagulation, anti-thrombotic effects. These many effects are very beneficial for middle-aged and elderly patients suffering from obesity, edema, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and fatty liver. And it is also beneficial for the assistance of hypertension, diabetes and cerebral infarction.

2. Diuretic

The effect of Alisma is diuretic. Alisma is a natural diuretic. Adding water to boil it into soup, after taking it, can accelerate the formation of urine in the body, which is beneficial to remove toxins in the body. In addition to boiling water and boiling juice, Alisma can also be made into extract, and the medicinal effect is also very good. For people with inflammation, Alisma can not only reduce inflammation, but also accelerate the excretion of bacteria through urination.

3. Clear kidney fire

It is used in the treatment of hot stranguria caused by damp-heat accumulation in the bladder, short and red urination, dripping and astringent pain. Nocturnal emission, hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms caused by insufficient yin and hyperactivity of phase fire are often used with dogwood and rehmannia glutinosa, such as Liuwei Dihuang Wan.

4. Effects on the cardiovascular system

Alisma extract is administered intravenously to dogs and rabbits, which has a mild antihypertensive effect and lasts for about 30 minutes. Alisamol has a mild antihypertensive effect on various experimental animals, and its antihypertensive effect does not significantly affect plasma renin and ACE activities or aldosterone levels. Alisma ethanolic extract has slow relaxing effect on epinephrine-induced conditioned contraction of isolated rabbit aorta in vitro. Alisamol inhibits angiotensin-induced contraction of rabbit aortic strips in a dose-dependent manner. Alisamol decreased cardiac output and heart rate, as well as left ventricular pressure, but increased coronary flow with isolated heart perfusion techniques.

5. Lowering blood lipids

The fat-soluble part of Alisma has obvious cholesterol-lowering and anti-atherosclerotic effects on experimental hypercholesterolemia rabbits. The acetates, in addition to Alisitol B, have significant cholesterol-lowering effects. Adding 0.1% to the feed of experimental hyperlipidemia rats can reduce blood cholesterol by more than 50%, among which Alisitol A-24-acetate has the strongest effect. The ethanol extract of Alisma orientalis and the ethyl acetate extract of ethanol extract have hypolipidemic effect on experimental hypercholesterolemia rabbits and rats.

6. Improve myocardial blood supply capacity

Scientific research has found that Alisma can improve blood power, promote blood flow and circulation in the body, and improve the blood supply capacity of the heart, thereby effectively preventing high-risk diseases such as myocardial ischemia.

7. Lower the three highs

Because Alisma has the effect of lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and blood lipid, for middle-aged and elderly people, appropriate use of Alisma decoction can not only clear damp heat, facilitate urination, but also control the increase of cholesterol in the body. If you insist on using it, it can strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm, reduce dampness and lower lipids, and it will have good effects.

10. Anti-fatty liver effect

Alisma rhizoma water extract and benzene extract have anti-fatty liver effects, which can reduce serum cholesterol and liver fat. Experiments have shown that Alisma has anti-fatty liver effect. It has therapeutic and protective effects on fatty liver caused by low-protein diet in rats and liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride. Intraperitoneal injection can alleviate the lipidemia induced by oral administration of cottonseed oil in rats.

Alisma rhizome taboo crowd

Alisma is not suitable for everyone to eat. In terms of consumption, it is necessary to control the dosage first. Taking too much will cause nausea, nausea, vomiting and other problems. Mainly because of the substances in it, it may cause symptoms such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc., because a certain substance in it will stimulate the human body, and it is easy to cause loss of appetite, malnutrition, poisoning and other phenomena. Because this medicinal material itself is toxic, improper diet will cause swelling of the kidneys, heart, liver and other parts.