The efficacy and function of wild peucedanum

Everyone is familiar with Peucedanum chinense. It has a long history and has good effects on regulating the body and treating diseases. It is a good choice for health preservation. Let’s take a look together.

【Alias】 Thousand-year-old rat shit

[Source] It is the root or whole herb of Aquilegia spurreda, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. Harvest in autumn.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The taproot is relatively thick and long, with dark brown outer skin. The stem is 20 to 60 cm tall, sparsely covered with short soft hairs and often branched. The basal leaves have long petioles and are 2-3 compound leaves. The leaflets are obovate, fan-shaped or ovate, 3-lobed, with crenate lobes, glabrous above and sparsely pubescent or glabrous beneath; the stem leaves are smaller. The inflorescence has 2 to 6 flowers; the pedicels are up to 6 cm long and have short soft hairs; the flower diameter is 1.5 to 2.8 cm; there are 5 sepals, dark purple, nearly horizontally spreading, ovate or elliptical, 1 to 1.4 cm long; the petals are the same color as the sepals, truncated at the apex, and without spurs; there are many stamens, the anther is dark green, and the reduced stamens are lanceolate; there are 4 to 5 carpels, and the ovary is superior. The follicles are 8 to 11 mm long, erect, slightly hairy, and split when ripe.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on the edge of mountain forests at an altitude of 1800 to 3500 meters. Distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai.

【Nature and flavor】 Neutral in nature, sweet in taste.

【Functions and indications】 Promotes tissue regeneration and removes toxins.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat impetigo that does not heal for a long time: Take equal parts of Peucedanum root, millet leaves, and Rhizoma Cynanchum leaves, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and apply with vegetable oil.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Guizhou Herbs"

Above we introduced what Peucedanum chinense is. We know that Peucedanum chinense has very comprehensive effects and functions, so we can use Peucedanum chinense as a means of regulating the body in daily life.