Efficacy and function of Tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terrestris, also known as Zi, Bentong, qu Ren, Zhi Xing, etc., is an annual herb of the Tribulus terrestris family, which is distributed all over the country. it has the effect of calming the liver and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and dispelling wind and relieving itching. It has therapeutic effects on headache and vertigo, chest pain, breast abscess, red eye barrier, rubella and pruritus. Let's take a look at the efficacy and effect of Tribulus terrestris.

Medicinal effect of Tribulus terrestris

[taste] the taste is pungent, bitter, lukewarm and poisonous.

Liver channel,

[efficacy] calming the liver and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and dispelling wind, clear eyes and stopping itching, mainly treating headache, vertigo, chest pain, breast abscess, red eye, rubella and pruritus.

Processing method of Tribulus terrestris

1. Stir-fry Tribulus terrestris: remove Tribulus terrestris, stir-fry until yellowish, grind and remove thorns.

2. Salt Tribulus terrestris: remove Tribulus terrestris, mix well with salt water, stuffy through, stir-fry over low heat until yellowish, take out to dry.

Pharmacological effects of Tribulus terrestris

1. Anti-aging effect: saponins of Tribulus terrestris can enhance the activity of natural killer cells and can be used to prevent and treat the decrease of immune function in the elderly.

2. Libido-enhancing effect: prodiosin, a single component extracted from Tribulus terrestris, can enhance libido and sexual ability.

3. Cardiovascular system: total saponins of Tribulus terrestris have protective effects on hypoxia-reoxygenation and ischemia-reperfusion myocardium, and are related to improving the ability of endogenous antioxidation and reducing the degree of lipid oxidation.

4. Cerebrovascular effect: Tribulus terrestris can increase the blood supply of cerebral ischemia, improve cerebral circulation and protect ischemic brain tissue, which may be due to the inhibitory effect of Tribulus terrestris saponins on phosphodiesterase.

5. Nervous system effect: Tribulus terrestris saponins can reduce the apoptosis of cortical neurons induced by hypoxia / reoxygenation, and the mechanism of reducing cell injury may be related to its inhibition of intracellular calcium overload.

6. anti-cancer effect: the total saponins of Tribulus terrestris in the alcohol extract of Tribulus terrestris can significantly inhibit the proliferation of human breast medullary cells.

7. Diuretic effect: the water extract of Tribulus terrestris fruit has a slight diuretic effect, which is effective for patients with ascites and edema.

8. Hypoglycemic effect: Tribulus terrestris decoction can significantly reduce the glucose tolerance of alloxan diabetic and normal mice.

9. Other effects: Tribulus terrestris has been found to regulate blood lipids, regulate the content of trace elements in the body, antibacterial and analgesic, protect retinal nerve cells and so on.

Medicinal prescription of Tribulus terrestris

1. Cure itching of the body, dryness and stubbornness: four taels of Tribulus terrestris (fried with thorns, ground to the end), two taels of flax kernels (soaking soup to take off clothes, ramming like mud), two or two taels of Flos Lonicerae, and one or two of honeysuckle (fried for the end). Four flavors make honey into pills. Take three dollars each in the morning and evening, under the white soup.

2. To treat eye diseases, the barrier is unknown: four taels of Tribulus terrestris (stir-fried with thorns) and three taels of scallops (fried). Together, it's over. After taking it in the morning, three dollars are paid, and the soup is mixed with it.

3, treatment of chest arthralgia, distension in the diaphragm or pain: Tribulus terrestris 1 jin, fried with thorns, ground into fine powder. Take four yuan each morning, afternoon and evening, and mix it with white soup.

4. Treat puffiness in the whole body: du Tribulus terrestris is fried and washed every day.

5. Cure the hernia of the dolphin: ten taels of Tribulus terrestris (stir-fried with thorns), three taels of cumin (fried), frankincense and myrrh for five dollars each (sweat baked on tiles). They are all at the end, with three dollars per service and white soup.

6. Treat acute low back pain: smash quinoa powder, honey and pills. Wine clothing, such as Hu Dou Da er Wan, daily three.

7, treatment of qi swelling and pain: one liter of Tribulus terrestris, boil yellow, at the end, with sesame oil and mud, stir-fry to scorch black, in order to apply on the cooked cloth, such as swelling, do not open the hole to stick it. Do it for a change.

8, the treatment of breast swelling is not good, or milk rock for a lump of swelling: Tribulus terrestris two or three jin, with thorn stir-fry, for the end. Every morning, noon and evening, no matter when, the white soup is made into paste.

9. Menstruation: Angelica sinensis and Tribulus terrestris are equally divided. At the end of the day, rice soup is mixed and taken before eating.