Historical records? Does Polygonum multiflorum treat white hair

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In the compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen's Annotation on Polygonum multiflorum is: this material can nourish the liver and kidney, astringe the essence, nourish the blood and liver, strengthen the kidney, black hair, and strengthen the muscles and bones, which is a good medicine for the continuation and prolongation of life. In addition, the Pharmacopoeia of various generations have recorded the treatment of white hair with Polygonum multiflorum. The effect of Polygonum multiflorum on white hair is recognized by all medical experts in the past dynasties, and there is no doubt about it. Is Polygonum multiflorum for white hair? Let's talk about it.

Historical records? Does Polygonum multiflorum treat white hair

First: check (selection): in medicine, there is a saying that "the northwest Shouwu, the Northeast ginseng, the Qilian Shouwu is the best in the world". The so-called "good medicine, good medicine". The selection of Shouwu is different, and the effect of black hair is far different. Only the wild Shouwu has high medicinal value. The higher the altitude, the easier it is to grow, and the greater the medicinal value of Radix Polygoni Multiflori.

Second: cutting (materials): for pills produced by small factories, many auxiliary materials such as starch are added in order to save costs, so the color of pills can be seen uneven after cutting; for pills produced by large factories, because there is no cutting corners, they are all made of crude drugs without adding starch, so the color is even after cutting, and the content of effective ingredients is higher.

Third: smell (production process): due to the advanced low-temperature supercritical extraction process, Dachang retains the activity of the original drug to the maximum extent, and its pills can smell the faint fragrance of traditional Chinese medicine. The production equipment of small factories is simple and crude, and the traditional high-temperature cooking is generally adopted, so the drug activity is lost more than half in the high-temperature production process, so the prepared pills can not smell the fragrance of traditional Chinese medicine.

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Good drug compatibility can give full play to the effect of Radix Polygoni Multiflori in the treatment of white hair. Taking Hexi Shouwu pill as an example, the famous prescription of Radix Polygoni Multiflori in our country is carefully combined in strict accordance with the selected 13 authentic herbs of Jun, Chen, Zuo and Shi. The prescription is scientific and effective, and has been listed in the Pharmacopoeia. It is a real compound preparation.