Chicken shit vine Cangzhu taken together has the effect of eliminating food and resolving accumulation, drying dampness and strengthening the spleen.
Chicken shit vine is the whole grass and root of the plant of family Cynaceae. It has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, eliminating food accumulation, detoxifying swelling, activating blood circulation and relieving pain.
It is mainly used for the treatment of rheumatic paralysis, food accumulation (food indigestion and accumulation in the stomach), abdominal distension, pediatric chancre (a kind of children’s chronic disease, manifested as emaciation, dietary anomalies, abdominal distension, thinning and yellowing of hair, diarrhea, coughing, anonymous swollen toxin, feet wet swelling and rotting and other symptoms. Clinically, the adverse reactions as well as contraindications are not clear.
Cangzhu This product is the dried rhizome of Asteraceae plant Mao Cangzhu or North Cangzhu. It has the effect of drying dampness and strengthening the spleen, dispelling wind and dispersing cold, and brightening the eyes. It is often used in the treatment of dampness obstructing the middle jiao (dampness impeding the function of the spleen and stomach), distension of the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen), diarrhea, edema, rheumatic paralysis, wind-cold and flu, and dimness and astigmatism of the eyes. It should not be taken by those who have internal heat and yin deficiency, and those who are sweating on the surface of the body.
Therefore, the two are taken together with the above effects and functions, when taking Chinese herbs to treat or regulate the body, it is necessary to carry out under the identification of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner and take it according to the doctor’s instructions.