The efficacy and function of seven-leaf aconite flower [picture]

Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum [picture] is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. We can use Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum [picture] to treat many diseases, and it also has good health-preserving effects. Therefore, we can use the different medicinal effects of Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum [picture] to solve some small problems that bother us in life.

【English name】 Rhizoma Parisidis Chinensis

[Other names] Huachong Tower, Qiye Tower, Tiedengtai, Caoheche

[Source] It is the rhizome of Paris chinensis Franch., a plant of the Liliaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30 to 100 cm tall. The stem is erect. There are 5 to 8 leaves whorled at the top of the stem. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, obovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 7 to 17 cm long and 2.5 to 5 cm wide. The pedicel emerges from the top of the stem, is usually longer than the leaves, and has a flower at the end, which is 1-1.5 mm wide and 1/3 to nearly as long as the sepals; there are 8-10 stamens and anthers 1.2-2 cm long. Capsule spherical. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in the shade of forests on hillsides or in the shade and wet places of grass by ditches. The main production areas are Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, Shaanxi and Sichuan.

[Properties] The rhizome is conical, often curved, with a diameter of 1.3 to 3 cm and a length of 3 to 8 cm. The surface is light yellow-brown or yellow-brown, with oblique links. The link protrusions are not obvious. The stem scars are semicircular or elliptical and slightly staggered. There are sunken stem residues or bud scars at the top. The texture is relatively solid, easy to break, the cross section is flat, powdery, and a few parts are horny. It has a faint smell and a bitter taste. The chemical composition contains a variety of steroidal saponins, which are diosgenin, trisaccharide and tetrasaccharide glycosides of pennogenin and diosgenin.

[Functions and indications] Same as Paris polyphylla.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

From the above introduction to Seven-Leaf Polygonum multiflorum [Picture], we can see that Seven-Leaf Polygonum multiflorum [Picture] is of great help to the human body. It can improve some bad symptoms of the human body and is a very useful medicinal material for the human body.