The efficacy and function of salted shrimp flower

Salted shrimp flower is a very common type of Chinese medicine and is also a frequently used medicine. It has unique effects and functions in treating many diseases. Here I will tell you in detail about the effects of some traditional Chinese medicine salted shrimp flowers.

[Alias] Large-leaf salty shrimp flower, dogwood (Flora of Guangzhou), ten thousand flowers, dogwood root (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), dogwood flower (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Asteraceae plant , salt shrimp flower . Harvest in autumn.

[Original form] Annual erect herb, about 1 meter tall, covered with gray soft hairs. The leaves are alternate, sessile or with short petioles, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, mucronate at the apex, cuneate at the base, with shallow teeth on the margin, and covered with gray short soft hairs on the underside. The inflorescence head is ovate, about 1 cm long and 8 mm in diameter, scattered or in pairs, or arranged in leafy panicles; the involucre is green, with several rows of bracts, short-pointed, and the outer rows are shorter; the flowers are small, numerous, all bisexual, tubular, 5-lobed, and lavender. Achenes are short, with 4-5 ribs, white pappus that falls off.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on grassy slopes and ridges. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[Chemical composition] The root contains flavonoids, triterpenes, phytosterols, volatile oils, amino acids and organic acids.

【Properties and flavors】 "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "bitter, flat, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 Treat wind-heat cold, malaria, hot diarrhea, and liver-yang headache.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 liang.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating diarrhea caused by heat: 2 liang of dogwood flower. Decoction in water.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Guangxi Medicinal Plant List"

The above is an introduction to the effects of salted shrimp flowers. When using it, you can do so according to the needs mentioned above. Salted shrimp flowers are also very helpful in treating certain diseases.