The efficacy and function of Shishangjiao

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, the banana on the stone, so what are the effects and functions of the banana on the stone? Let me introduce it to you today.

【English name】 Triplicate Calanthe

[Other names] Li Luye shrimp ridge orchid, mountain three-angle

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Orchidaceae plant.

[Original form] Tripterygium wilfordii, a terrestrial plant. The stem is short. The leaves are nearly basal and have long petioles; the leaf blades are elliptical, about 30 cm long and 10 cm wide, with sharp or acute tips and slightly pubescent on both sides. The peduncle grows from the leaves and is more than 70cm high; the raceme is densely packed with many flowers, and the body is hairy; the bracts are herbaceous, slightly curved outward, ovate-lanceolate, and shorter than the pedicel (including the ovary); the flowers are white; the middle sepal is elliptic-obovate, about 12mm long, about 6mm wide, and acute at the apex; the lateral sepals are elliptic, slightly narrower than the middle sepals; the petals are oblanceolate, smaller than the sepals, and acute at the apex; the lip is 3-lobed, the middle lobe is deeply 2-lobed, the lobes are forked, and the notch has a short tip, the lateral lobes are obliquely oblong, and there are many small tubercles at the base; the spur is slender, shorter than the pedicel (including the ovary), and about 2cm long.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown beside valley streams or under forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Spleen; Kidney; Bladder

【Function and indication】 Clears away heat and dampness; consolidates the body; reduces swelling and resolves stagnation. Mainly used for urinary incontinence, gonorrhea, rectal prolapse, scrofula, and traumatic injury

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: has the function of diuresis and relieving stranguria. Used for urinary obstruction and stranguria, and externally for bruises and injuries.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In general, the effect of stone banana is quite significant. Precisely because stone banana has relatively good health-preserving effects, it can be said that the application of stone banana in health-preserving in daily life is quite high.