天麻的药用（Medicinal Gastrodia elata）.doc

天麻的药用（Medicinal Gastrodia elata） What is Gastrodia elata? Tianma also known as Chi Jian, Ma tomorrow, is the dried tuber of Gastrodia elata orchidaceae. Oval or strip shape, slightly flat, shrink and slightly bent, long 3 ~ 15cm, width 1.5 ~ 6cm, thickness 0.5 ~ 2cm. Surface yellow white to yellowish brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and a latent bud arranged transverse ring round, sometimes visible brown rhizomorph. The top red brown to dark brown parrot like buds or residual stem; the other end of the circular navel shaped scar. Qualitative hard, not easy to break, the section is relatively flat, yellowish white to pale brown, horny. Mild and sweet in taste. When the stems were dry in winter, the dug was Winter Flax, and the quality was better. When the plants sprouted in spring, they dug out spring flax, which was of poor quality. Dig, remove stems and hyphae, wipe the skin, wash thoroughly boiled or steamed, pressing, dry fire. Permeable section. With the body solid Ze bright, translucent is better. Gastrodia elata is mainly produced in Central China and Southern China. Chinese medicine believes that Gastrodia elata has the effect of wind, spasm, dispelling wind and removing rheumatism. It can effectively relieve all kinds of limb numbness, headache and other symptoms. It is a common medicine for the treatment of brain and nervous system diseases in traditional Chinese Medicine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Studies have found that Gastrodia elata can prevent and treat headache and insomnia 1, Tianma pingganxifeng Can nourishing Xifeng gastrodia, can treat blood deficiency endogenous headache, vertigo, can also be used for infantile convulsion, epilepsy, tetanus 2, Tianma dispel wind and relieve pain, Can be used for Gastrodia elata wind phlegm caused by dizziness, headache, limb numbness, hemiplegia Effect and function of Gastrodia elata Tianma Gan Ping, embellish but not dry, longer than the LORD into the liver