Female chasteberry, is a nourishing medicine for the liver and kidneys, first recorded in “Shennong Ben Cao Jing” and listed as a top quality: “This wood Ling winter green, with chaste virtue, so to female chaste-like.” And there is a tearful love story about its name. The Love Story of Chaste Tree According to legend, during the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a woman in a certain area who had a daughter at the age of 16. She was not only slender and beautiful, but also dignified, and there were many people who came to her door to ask for her hand in marriage. And the officer, is a greedy for glory and wealth of the people, after weighing repeatedly, the daughter will be betrothed to the son of the county magistrate Ding. Who knows that the officer’s daughter is a woman of strong temperament, despising the playboy, depending on money and power as dirt. She was engaged for life with a teacher in the house. The father’s rhetoric and coercion, but she refused to accept. On the day she was forced to marry, she died in her boudoir with hatred. The teacher was depressed and became ill, and was bedridden. A few years later, in an autumn, Mr. Teacher’s feelings even more, bracing his sick body, to this woman’s grave to pay respects. See the grave grew a small tree with lush branches and leaves, bearing black and shiny fruit. Mr. look closely at the tree shadow, quite like the staff’s daughter, he trembled with dry hands, touching the trunk, shedding bitter tears. In a few moments the leaves and branches were shouting and many fruits continued to fall. Mr. picked up several fruits and put them in his mouth, the taste was sweet and slightly bitter, and it was straight to the heart, and his spirit was lifted, and his heart was in tide; the old days were vividly remembered. From then on, he went to the grave every day and carefully cultivated the tree. He took it off to feed his hunger and to send his condolences. As time goes by, the tree becomes lush and vibrant. The teacher is also getting better, prematurely turning gray hair also began to turn black, he was mixed with emotions when he chanted: “This tree is Ruoxi, chaste and flawless Ruoxi, rod know my heart, leaves are my clothes Ruoxi, fruit good my food Ruoxi, shadow name my body Ruoxi, depend on each other for life, never separate Ruoxi. Since then, people have named the fruit of this tree “chaste tree” to commemorate this woman’s persistent pursuit of pure love. Origin and efficacy of chasteberry Source: The dried and ripe fruit of chasteberry, family Myrtaceae. Origin: It is produced all over the country. Taste: sweet, bitter, cool; belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. Effects: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, and brightens the eyes. The herb “Jing Shu” contains: “female chasteberry, smell all Yin, is into the kidney to remove heat and essence of the important products, the kidney can be supplemented, then the five organs since the peace, the spirit of self-sufficiency, a hundred diseases go and body fat healthy carry on.” The effect of chasteberry is mainly into the liver and kidney, therefore, chasteberry can be used to treat: for liver and kidney yin deficiency of the eyes darkness, vision loss, premature graying of the hair, waist soreness and tinnitus and yin deficiency fever, etc. For the treatment of dark eyes, it is often used together with Radix Rehmanniae, Semen Cuscutae and Fructus Lycii. 2. The single recipe and brief prescription of chasteberry 1, the treatment of wind fever red eyes: winter green seeds do not take much, pounding juice boiling paste, net bottle to collect solid, buried in the ground for seven days, every use point eyes. (Jijian Xianfang) 2, treatment of kidney by dry heat, gonorrhea drowning pain, waist and feet weakness, long for the next elimination: chasteberry four money, raw earth six money, turtle plate six money, angelica, poria, dendrobium, pollen, dioscorea, cow knee, psyllium two money each, three large light vegetable. Take with water. (“Medical Alcohol Shengyi” female chaste soup) 3, treatment of optic neuritis: female chaste seeds, grass cassia, Celosia argentea, one or two each. Decoction with water. (Zhejiang Folk Common Herbs) 4, the treatment of scrofula, tuberculosis hot flashes, etc.: chasteberry three money, two money, Artemisia annua one money five, Xia Ku Cao two money five minutes. Decoction with water, three times a day, divided into servings. (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine) 5, all eye diseases: use chaste tree leaves pounded, add Park salt to mix and paste the eye. 6, wind fever red eyes: with chasteberry unlimited, pounding juice boiling paste, net bottle storage, buried in the ground seven days later, take to point eyes. 7, mouth and tongue sores, tongue swelling out: take chaste tree leaves pounded juice containing dipping spit saliva.
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