What is dogwood? What are the effects and effects? Can pregnant women eat it?

"thinking about the fact that when the brothers climbed the heights, I was the only one missing from dogwood." it is an ancient phrase of Wang Wei. Many people are familiar with it. They know that this poem describes the poet's homesickness, so what is the dogwood written in the poem? What are the effects and effects? Can pregnant women eat it?

What is Cornus officinalis

Cornus officinalis is a small deciduous tree, growing in the mountains, it has small yellow flowers, fruit is oval, bright red color, very sour taste, can be used as medicine. Double-ninth Day, a folk man in China, has a custom of wearing dogwood, which is said to ward off evil spirits and prevent diseases.

Second, the efficacy and function of Cornus officinalis

1. Tonifying the liver and kidney

Cornus officinalis can tonify the liver and kidney. When people have bad symptoms such as dizziness, tinnitus and waist acid caused by deficiency of liver and kidney, Chinese herbs such as Cornus officinalis and Chinese wolfberry and Eucommia ulmoides can be put together and fried with clear water.

two。 Treatment of frequent urination

Cornus officinalis can not only warm and tonify the kidney yang, but also relieve adverse urination. Cornus officinalis can be treated with Cornus officinalis when men have bad symptoms such as spermatorrhea and frequent urination. Cornus officinalis can be used with traditional Chinese medicine such as Fructus psoraleae and Tribulus terrestris. in addition, Cornus officinalis has a certain sweat-trapping effect, which can be fried and taken with keel and oysters and other Chinese herbs.

3. Antioxidant and hypolipidemic

Cornus officinalis contains a variety of natural antioxidant ingredients, it can improve the anti-stress ability of mice, can improve human memory, but also can increase the activity of SOD in red blood cells, can effectively combat lipid activity, people usually eat Cornus officinalis can resist oxidation and delay aging. In addition, the extract of Cornus officinalis can also reduce blood lipids, clean up cholesterol, and prevent atherosclerosis of coronary heart disease to a certain extent.

4. Increase the number of white blood cells

Cornus officinalis has obvious therapeutic effect on human leukopenia, especially those with liver and kidney deficiency can be treated with Cornus officinalis directly after the occurrence of leukopenia, which can be used with Ligustrum lucidum and Chinese wolfberry during treatment. it can significantly increase the number of white blood cells in the body, and those with blood deficiency can also be eaten with donkey-hide gelatin and chicken blood vine, which can make the treatment effect more excellent.

Can pregnant women eat dogwood?

Pregnant women are not suitable to take Cornus officinalis.

During pregnancy, women had better not take dogwood soaked in water, otherwise it will have serious consequences. If a pregnant woman takes this liquid, the child is much more likely to be disabled and malformed.

IV. Practice of Cornus officinalis

1. Dogwood porridge

Materials: Cornus officinalis meat, japonica rice, sugar.

Practice: wash the dogwood meat and remove the core, then put the pulp and rice into the pot, add water and boil porridge. Wait until the dogwood porridge is cooked, add the right amount of sugar, stir and bring to the boil.

Efficacy: the main efficacy is to treat liver and kidney deficiency, the specific symptoms are spermatorrhea impotence, tinnitus, lumbar acid and dizziness, etc., in addition, if the body has more than virtual sweat and frequent urination problems can also take dogwood porridge, the effect is also very good.

two。 Fructus Corni powder

Materials: Cornus officinalis, Achyranthes bidentata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Fangfeng, Ephedra, Tianxiong, Sichuan Aconitum, Sichuan Pepper, Guixin, Salvia miltiorrhiza and Asarum.

Practice: wash all Chinese herbal medicines and drain them, then grind them into powder. It is recommended to take it on an empty stomach. The best time of the day is before dinner. It is better to use warm wine to deliver the service.