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 for decoration. 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, leukorrhea, hypertension, pelvic inflammatory disease, amenorrhea, shingles, scabies, diabetes, jaundice... In folk medicine, people use crushed leaves to apply on burns to cool the skin, relieve pain, and prevent secondary infection.

Here are some ways to use periwinkle as medicine:

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

Treatment of hypertension:

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, crush them, 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 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, rapid weight loss. Prescription: 20g of periwinkle (roasted and buried in the ground), 20g of milkweed, 20g of eclipta, 10g of gardenia fruit, 20g of bitter leaf, 10g of coptis, 20g of gotu kola, 20g of ginseng. Put the ingredients in a pot, add 3 bowls of water, boil to get 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, take the following medicine: 20g of periwinkle (fried until golden), 20g of eclipta, 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. Take 1 dose per day, boil 3 times, drink 3 times. Take 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, 10g of peony bark, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of five flavors. 1 dose per day, decoct 3 times, drink 3 times.

Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: 12g periwinkle, 12g scrophularia, 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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