The efficacy and function of stone nails

There are many kinds of common Chinese herbal medicines in life. Many people don’t know how to choose when using them, such as stone nails. Therefore, before choosing, you need to have a certain understanding of its efficacy and dosage. So do you know what the efficacy and effects of stone nails are?

[Other names] Scutellaria barbata (Medicine Mirror), Rat's Tooth Half Branch (Baicao Mirror), Melon Seed Grass, Buddha's Fingernail, Dog's Tooth Grass (Classification of Herbal Properties), Dog's Tooth Petals (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica), Panax notoginseng, Panax notoginseng, Cucumber Seed Grass, Chicken Tongue Grass (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), White Centipede, Dog's Tooth (Common Folk Herbs in Zhejiang), Sunflower, Invalid Mouth (Common Chinese Herbs in Shanghai).

[Source] The whole herb of Crassulaceae, a plant of the Crassulaceae family .

[Original form] Perennial succulent herb, 10 to 20 cm tall. The stem is light pink, the branches are slender, inclined, creeping, and easy to root near the inflorescence. The leaves are arranged in whorls of 3, oblanceolate to oblong, 1.5-2.5 cm long, with pointed apex, cuneate base, extending down the stem into semicircular ear-shaped pieces, and entire margin. The flowers are in spreading 2-branched cymes; sepals 5, green, broadly lanceolate to oblong, almost as long as petals; petals 5, yellow, lanceolate to oblong, 5-8 mm long, with a longer and more prominent tip at the tip; stamens 10, anther narrowly ovate, or oblong, filaments slender; carpels 5, slightly open. Follicles. The seeds are small, oval, wingless and have fine nipple-like protrusions. Flowering period is from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on inclined slopes or on rocks. Distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[Chemical composition] Contains bioalkaloids such as methyl isogranazone, sedoheptose, sucrose and fructose.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, mild, and cool.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, reduces swelling and detoxifies. Treat sore throat, hepatitis, stranguria, carbuncle, burns from water or fire, snake and insect bites.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① For treating all kinds of serious poisons, such as carbuncles on the back, mouth, winter melon, and riding horses. Those in the early stage will disappear, and those that have already formed will ulcerate, with little bleeding from the armpits: half a stick of rat teeth, one or two ounces, mash the juice, mix with old wine and drink, and apply the residue on the head to induce sweating and heal. (Banzhilian Drink from Baicaojing)

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of non-icteric infectious hepatitis

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

This article introduces to us what stone nails are. We know that stone nails have very high medicinal effects, but we must remind everyone that stone nails are generally not to be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.