Periwinkle - Precious medicine

The parts of the periwinkle used as medicine are the leaves and tops of the plant, dried and used as a decoction or processed into tea or crushed and applied.

Periwinklealso known as coconut flower, sea vine. Scientific name is Catharanthus Roseus (L.) G. - Don Apocynaceae, widely grown in our country as an ornamental. The parts used as medicine are the leaves and tops of the plant, dried and boiled to drink or processed into tea or crushed and applied.

According to Oriental medicine, periwinkle has astringent, anti-inflammatory, and blood pressure-lowering effects and is used to treat a number of diseases: colitis, leucorrhea, high blood pressure, inflammation of the appendages, amenorrhea, shingles, urticaria, diabetes, jaundice... In folk medicine, people use crushed leaves to apply on burns to cool the skin, reduce pain, and prevent secondary infection.

Here are some ways to use periwinkle as medicine:

Treatment of shingles: 16g of periwinkle (roasted and buried in the ground), 16g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of poria, 12g of perilla, 10g of gardenia fruit, 16g of Chinese clematis root, 16g of licorice root, 16g of dried Chinese clematis. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, boil 3 times, drink 3 times. Combine equal amounts of periwinkle leaves and pagoda tree leaves, crush and apply to the lesions, bandage. Uses: draw out toxins, reduce pain.

Treatment of high blood pressure:

Recipe 1: 160g of periwinkle, 180g of Polyscias fruticosa leaves, 150g of Sophora japonica flowers, 160g of Desmodium styracifolium, 120g of Eucommia ulmoides, 100g of Gardenia fruit, 140g of Licorice root. Roast the ingredients until crispy, grind them into small pieces, mix well, and store in a sealed container to avoid moisture. Use 40g per day, put them in a teapot, pour boiling water over them, and let them steep for 10 minutes. Drink instead of tea during the day. Uses: calms the nerves, lowers blood pressure, strengthens blood vessels, and soothes the nerves.

Recipe 2: 16g dried periwinkle, 12g atractylodes rhizome, 10g safflower, 20g sappanwood, 8g Chinese clematis root, 16g zeolite, 16g blood vine, 12g cyperus rotundus. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, boil 3 times and drink 3 times.

Treatment of bacillary dysentery: The patient has frequent bowel movements, abdominal pain, mucus in stool, nosebleeds, and rapid weight loss. Prescription: 20g of periwinkle (roasted and buried in the ground), 20g of milkweed, 20g of eclipta prostrata, 10g of gardenia fruit, 20g of bitter leaf, 10g of coptis chinensis, 20g of gotu kola, 20g of ginseng. Put the ingredients in a pot, add 3 bowls of water, boil down to 1.5 bowls, divide into 3 doses to drink during the day.

Treatment of hemorrhoids: Flowers, leaves of periwinkle and purple castor oil leaves, crush both and apply to the affected area with a bandage. At the same time, drink the following medicine: 20g of periwinkle (fried until golden), 20g of eclipta prostrata, 16g of fang sam, 12g of astragalus, 12g of angelica, 16g of white atractylodes, 10g of cimicifuga, 10g of bupleurum, 10g of tangerine peel, 12g of licorice. 1 dose per day, boil 3 times, drink 3 times. Drink for 10 consecutive days, rest for 3-4 days, then continue with the second dose.

Treatment of diabetes: 16g of periwinkle, 20g of rehmannia root, 12g of gypsum, 16g of Chinese yam, 12g of cornus officinalis, 10g of peony bark, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese wolfberry, 10g of five-flavor root. 1 dose per day, boil 3 times, drink 3 times.

Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: 12g periwinkle, 12g scrophularia root, 10g chuan shan, 12g dried tea, 5g chasteberry, 16g rehmannia root, 10g fritillary, 16g ginseng. 1 dose per day, boil 3 times, drink 3 times.

Treatment of vaginal discharge: 12g periwinkle, 16g white copper root, 16g sea bean, 16g red sage, 16g milkweed, 16g silver leaf. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

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