The efficacy and function of small ground pine

The essence of traditional Chinese medicine is to treat both the symptoms and the root cause. Compared with Western medicine, the effects and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine are much better. The same is true for the traditional Chinese medicine Xiaodisong. Here we will introduce the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Xiaodisong.

[Other names] Artemisia selengensis, fine fireweed, yellow loquat leaf, fireweed, sheep's head fireweed, sheep's head, star-shaped fireweed

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Sichuan edelweiss of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Sichuan edelweiss is a perennial herb, 25 cm or longer in height. The root is slender, hard, branched, with withered persistent leaves and terminal rosettes of leaves, on which flower stems grow. The flower stem is slender, unbranched, covered with white hairs, gradually losing hairs at the bottom, and has densely grown leaves throughout. The leaves are narrowly lanceolate, 2-4cm long, 2-3.5mm wide, rarely larger, with a slender tip at the tip, flat or slightly reflexed edges, narrow base, sessile, with fine procumbent hairs on the upper side, nearly glabrous at the back, and covered with a thin layer of dense white hairs on the lower side. There are many bracts, which are the same length as or shorter than the upper leaves, but wider, covered with thick white hairs on the upper side, slightly gray-green and thinly hairy on the lower side, 2-3 times longer than the inflorescence, densely packed, and forming groups of bracts with a diameter of about 6 cm, or sparse and wider compound bracts. Inflorescence capitulate, 4-5mm in diameter, 7-11 in number, sparse, peduncle 2-3mm long, fused with bract base; involucre about 4mm long, covered with white long soft hairs; involucral bracts 2-3 layers, colorless or light brown, slightly protruding above the hairs; florets dioecious; corolla 3mm long; male corolla tubular, funnel-shaped at the top; female corolla filamentous, pappus white, thick, serrated at the bottom; male pappus corolla thicker, serrated at the top; female pappus nearly toothless at the top. Sterile ovary and achenes glabrous. Flowering period is from June to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on rocks in high mountain valleys at an altitude of 2000-3000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; bland; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Antitussive; Antiasthmatic; Antiparasitic; Antidiarrheal. It is used for colds and coughs; asthma; ascariasis; fishy diarrhea in children

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and grind into powder for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Pinus tabacum. I hope it can be of some help to you. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. When treating diseases, we need to choose different medicines according to the different diseases to better help the body relieve troubles.