What is the role of Banlangen?

In recent years, due to the spread of SARS and bird flu virus, Banlangen began to become popular. Catch a cold and drink Radix Isatidis, clear heat and detoxify drink Radix Isatidis, relieve pain and fever also drink Radix Isatidis, Radix Isatidis seems to have become a panacea, the phenomenon of blind abuse of Radix Isatidis is very common, then, what is the taboo to drink Radix Isatidis?

Effect of Radix Isatidis

1. Clearing heat and detoxification

Radix Isatidis has the effect of anti-bacterial endotoxin. Bacterial endotoxin is what traditional Chinese medicine calls "heat toxin". It is mainly the toxin released after the bacteria are killed. It has been found that many types of chemical components such as organic acids, alkaloids and nucleosides in Radix Isatidis can directly neutralize and degrade endotoxin or destroy the normal structure of bacterial endotoxin. at the same time, it inhibits the synthesis and excessive release of inflammatory mediators induced by endotoxin. Radix Isatidis has the effect of resisting oxygen free radicals and enhancing immunity.

2. Antibacterial and antiviral

Radix Isatidis has a bactericidal effect on a variety of bacteria. The aqueous extract of Radix Isatidis has inhibitory effect on Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Typhoid bacillus, Alpha paratyphoid, Shigella flexneri, Enterobacter enteritis and so on. Acetone extract has a similar effect on Streptococcus haemolyticus (all using Agar orifice plate method). The bacteriostatic effect on type A meningococci was similar to that of garlic and honeysuckle. It has obvious inhibitory effect on influenza virus PR8 strain and Jingke 68-1 strain. Radix Isatidis can kill Leptospira in the test tube.

Five side effects of abuse of Radix Isatidis

But Radix Isatidis is cold, bitter, and effective for wind-hot colds, but incapable of wind-cold colds.

1. Some people drink Banlangen granule as tea to prevent colds, or treat them with Banlangen. In fact, Radix Isatidis can not prevent and cure all colds, especially for wind-cold and Yin deficiency colds.

2. Healthy people who take too much Radix Isatidis will hurt the spleen and stomach. Long-term oral administration can lead to loss of appetite, weight loss, mental fatigue, salivation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal distension and so on.

3. If children take too much of the bitter cold Radix Isatidis, it will cause stomach qi damage. When children take Radix Isatidis, do not use adult doses, let alone long-term large doses.

4, physical deficiency cold, usually afraid of cold, spleen and stomach disharmony and prone to diarrhea, it is more inappropriate to use Banlangen granule to prevent colds, otherwise it will lead to chills, stomachache, loss of appetite and other symptoms.

5. Radix Isatidis can also cause skin allergic reactions and adverse reactions of digestion and hematopoietic system. The allergic reactions caused by Radix Isatidis injection are mainly dizziness, chest tightness, shortness of breath, vomiting, lip blue and purple, conjunctival congestion, eye pain, palpitation, irritability, limb numbness, systemic skin flushing, itching, rash or urticaria, which can cause anaphylactic shock and even life-threatening.

The difference between Radix Isatidis and Radix Isatidis

Radix Isatidis is an important antiviral traditional Chinese medicine. Whenever viral diseases are prevalent, Radix Isatidis will become a popular and sought-after traditional Chinese medicine. Recently, in many places, Radix Isatidis is directly used as medicine instead of Radix Isatidis, which is inappropriate. Because the two are different in source, composition and pharmacological action.

Different sources

Radix Isatidis (Radix Isatidis) is the dried root of Isatis indigotica. Radix Isatidis is the dried root of Malan, a plant of the family Cerambycidae.

Different characters

Radix Isatidis is cylindrical, slight, slightly sweet and bitter. The southern plate blue root is nearly cylindrical, often curved and not straight, slight and light in taste.

The function and indications are similar but the dosage is different.

The dosage is 9: 15 grams, fried in water. The function of South Banlangen is similar to that of Radix Isatidis, with a common dosage of 10 to 30 grams.

The composition is different

The results showed that the content of free amino acids in Radix Isatidis was higher than that in Radix Isatidis. And they have a variety of completely different chemical compositions.

The pharmacological effects are different.

Radix Isatidis injection can inhibit infection of influenza A virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, mumps virus and influenza virus. Compared with the results of antipyretic and anti-inflammatory tests, the effect of Radix Isatidis is better than that of Radix Isatidis.

Warm reminder:. Compared with the results of antipyretic and anti-inflammatory tests, the effect of Radix Isatidis is better than that of Radix Isatidis. At present, there are few research materials about South Radix Isatidis, so it is said that South Radix Isatidis and North Radix Isatidis can not replace each other.

Warm reminder:. Compared with the results of antipyretic and anti-inflammatory tests, the effect of Radix Isatidis is better than that of Radix Isatidis. At present, there are few research materials about South Radix Isatidis, so it is said that South Radix Isatidis and North Radix Isatidis can not replace each other.