Aunt Chen, the same age, found several plaques after coronary angiography in the hospital, but she was not treated in the hospital and did not take atorvastatin and aspirin. She didn't have an attack for five years, and she didn't have any discomfort. She still insists on dancing every day. By contrast, she can't help wondering why there is such a difference under the same conditions. As a doctor, it is necessary for me to give you a lecture on popular science.
Strange to say, because Aunt Chen has always been my patient. A few years ago, she came to me because of insomnia. After taking my medicine, insomnia improved rapidly, so Aunt Chen came to me with the inspection report immediately after checking in the hospital. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this kind of blood vessel blockage belongs to the category of "blood stasis" and is caused by many reasons. Chinese medicine says that qi deficiency will lead to blood stasis, qi stagnation will lead to blood stasis, and blood deficiency will lead to blood stasis.
Generally speaking, the treatment of blood stasis in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly based on promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, combined with the methods of invigorating qi, promoting qi circulation, enriching blood and promoting blood circulation. When Aunt Chen came, she often felt weak, pale, often flustered, weak pulse and dull tongue coating. In view of Aunt Chen's symptoms, I identified blood deficiency and blood stasis, modified Siwu decoction and Buyanghuanwu decoction, and first prescribed seven pairs of drugs temporarily.
After taking the medicine, Aunt Chen's symptoms improved obviously, and the effect of traditional Chinese medicine was not better, but the medicine was added and subtracted according to the patient's condition. Chinese medicine believes that when the disease stops, most of it stops. After Aunt Chen's symptoms basically disappeared, I told her to stop taking medicine, but she still often took panax pseudo-ginseng. With persistent treatment, Aunt Chen's condition has been stable for many years and there is no recurrence.
What effect does Panax notoginseng have and what disease does it treat?
Notoginseng, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica thinks that it can cure hematemesis, delayed hemoptysis, dysentery, bloody dysentery, hematochezia in large intestine and metrorrhagia in women. It can be seen that Li Shizhen thinks that Notoginseng Radix is a medicine for stopping bleeding blindly, which can treat most bloody diseases. Compendium of Materia Medica holds that he can not only stop bleeding, but also disperse blood stasis and promote blood circulation. But in ancient times, there were northern ginseng, and southern Sanqi said that ginseng had the best effect of invigorating qi, and Sanqi had the best effect of enriching blood.
Ancient physicians believed that Notoginseng could not only enrich blood, but also stop bleeding and promote blood circulation. For example, Zhang Xichun thinks that Sanqi is good at removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and it is an important drug for blood stasis. However, in modern times, Panax notoginseng belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine for removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and its effect is to remove blood stasis and stop bleeding, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It can be used for treating hemorrhagic diseases such as hematemesis, epistaxis and hematochezia, and can also be used for treating chest and abdomen stabbing pain and traumatic injury caused by blood stasis.
Modern pharmacological understanding of panax notoginseng
According to 19 12 edition of China medical dictionary:
(1) Notoginseng is the most precious one in Fang Yaozhong, because it has the functions of enriching blood, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. Panax notoginseng is eaten raw, removing blood stasis and promoting tissue regeneration, reducing swelling and relieving pain, stopping bleeding without leaving blood stasis, and promoting blood circulation without hurting tissue regeneration; Cooked clothes can nourish the body;
(2) dilating blood vessels;
(3) Reduce blood lipid and cholesterol.
As a tonic
As a nourishing medicine, Panax notoginseng is very suitable for patients with blood deficiency and blood stasis. On the one hand, tonifying blood deficiency, on the other hand, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, the two work together, and removing blood stasis does not hurt the new.
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Panax notoginseng can also dilate blood vessels, which is definitely a problem of vascular stenosis for patients with myocardial infarction. This effect of Panax notoginseng seems to be tailored for this kind of patients. It can not only remove plaque blocking blood vessels, but also dilate blood vessels, so that blood can effectively flow through blood vessels and arteries and veins to meet the needs of whole body tissues.
Sanqi can lower blood fat.
Blood lipids, as the name implies, are the general names of neutral fats (triglycerides) and lipids (phospholipids, glycolipids, sterols and steroids) in plasma, which widely exist in human bodies. Although the increase of blood lipid is not directly related to the onset of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction, if cholesterol is converted into low-density lipoprotein cholesterol closely related to atherosclerosis, it will increase the risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction, and Panax notoginseng has the function of lowering blood lipid and cholesterol, which is a good response to such risks.
Modern pharmacological research shows that Panax notoginseng contains a variety of saponins, and its total saponin content can reach 8%- 12%. Its composition is similar to ginsenoside, and the effective component of hemostasis, notoginseng acid, is quite small.
The pharmacological effects of panax notoginseng are as follows
1, antithrombotic, the experiment shows that Panax notoginseng can effectively prevent and treat thrombosis;
2. Promote hematopoiesis;
3, the role of the cardiovascular system, etc.
Based on traditional Chinese medicine's understanding of the nature and taste of Panax notoginseng and modern biotechnology, the pharmacological effects of Panax notoginseng on promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis have been well confirmed. It can treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases by anti-platelet aggregation. From this point of view, the idea that Sanqi is very friendly to patients with "blood stasis" constitution provides strong evidence.
Who is Panax notoginseng suitable for?
This paper introduces the understanding of Panax notoginseng in traditional Chinese medicine and modern pharmacological research. The understanding of Panax notoginseng lies in its cardiovascular function. However, traditional Chinese medicine believes that Panax notoginseng can dredge blood vessels by activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, while modern pharmacological research believes that Panax notoginseng can eliminate plaque formed in blood vessels by antithrombotic effect, dilate blood vessels and increase blood flow. These two functions achieve the purpose of treatment.
In fact, there are many drugs with the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis in traditional Chinese medicine, such as Salvia miltiorrhiza and Carthamus tinctorius, but Salvia miltiorrhiza and Carthamus tinctorius have strong blood circulation, which is easy to harm human health if taken for a long time. However, in contrast, as a two-way regulating Chinese medicine, Panax notoginseng is not so strong in promoting blood circulation and can tonify deficiency and strengthen the body. For patients with blood stasis constitution, you can attack spots slowly, and you can also care for healthy qi, so as to remove blood stasis without hurting the new. It is very suitable for patients with blood stasis who need to take it for a long time.
How to choose Sanqi? What is the dosage?
Panax notoginseng is an authentic medicinal material in Yunnan, which can be divided into cooked Panax notoginseng and raw Panax notoginseng. Cooked Panax notoginseng is a fried product, which tends to enrich blood, while raw Panax notoginseng tends to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Moreover, we generally don't add raw notoginseng to decoction, which is basically powder or powder. For patients with blood stasis constitution, we generally choose raw Panax Notoginseng powder, and the daily dosage of Panax Notoginseng is 3g/ day, and the dosage should not be too large.
So how can we prevent blood stasis from causing disease?
There are many reasons for blood stasis, including bad habits such as drinking and smoking. Staying up late for a long time can also lead to the formation of blood stasis, or qi disorder caused by emotional disorder, which will lead to the stagnation of blood circulation. Generally speaking, we need to keep good living habits and relax ourselves.
You can also eat some notoginseng. If there are no obvious contraindications, such as pregnancy, you can take it with confidence. Moreover, Panax notoginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine with two-way regulation, which can stop bleeding and promote blood circulation, has a certain nourishing effect, and is very suitable for human body.