Curculigo is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which comes from the dried rhizome of curculigo orchards. Curculigo is spicy and poisonous.
Curculigo is the dried rhizome of Amaryllidaceae, mainly produced in South China and Southwest China. Pungent, warm in nature, toxic, enter kidney and liver meridian. The main function of Rhizoma Curculiginis is to tonify kidney-yang, strengthen bones and muscles, and dispel cold and dampness. Indications: impotence, cold essence, weakness of muscles and bones, cold pain in waist and knees, cold diarrhea due to yang deficiency, etc. The main usage of Rhizoma Curculiginis is taken orally, decocted with 3- 10g, or made into pills, scattered or soaked in wine. Because this medicine is pungent and warm, dry and hot, and it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and damp heat. People in the Tang Dynasty thought that Curculigo was a very magical fairy medicine and kept it a secret. It originated in the Western Regions, and is also called Brahman Ginseng, because the Brahman donors in the Western Regions are related to Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, there was a man named Xia Wengong who went to bed early and then got cold. Like death, he needs someone to keep him warm. It took him a long time to exercise his body. It was not until I ate the curculigo that my symptoms gradually disappeared and I lived for a long time. People who get angry easily will think that Curculigo is an elixir of life. They ate Xia Wengong's curculigo and died suddenly. From this story, we can know that although the dosage of Rhizoma Curculiginis is small, it plays a great role in tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, so it can't be taken by itself, and symptomatic medication is the key to treatment.