The efficacy and function of water chicken oil

Do you know water chicken oil? It is a common Chinese medicinal material and is very helpful for some diseases. Let me show you today.

【Alias】Jidiyan

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of Pueraria lobata of the Urticaceae family.

[Original form] Small shrub, about 1.5m high. Many branches, branches densely covered with short hairs. Simple leaves are alternate; petiole is 2-5mm long; leaf blade is papery, ovate or broadly elliptic, 1-4cm long, 0.9-2.4cm wide, with acute or short acuminate apex, broadly cuneate or rounded base, dentate margin, sparsely short hairs on both sides, rough above; 3 basal veins. Monoecious; flowers clustered in leaf axils or axils of leaf scars; male flowers about 1.8mm in diameter, 4 tepals, sparsely covered with short hairs on the outside, 4 stamens; female tepals tubular, about 1mm long, densely covered with rough hairs on the outside, stigma filiform, falling off. Achenes are ovate to elliptical with striated surface. The flowering period is from April to August, and the fruiting period is from May to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in dry hillside grasslands or shrubs on both sides of river valleys at an altitude of 350-2300m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly sweet; slightly bitter; cool in nature

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes blood circulation and relieves blood stasis. Mainly used for carbuncle, swelling, sore, poisonous snake bite, traumatic injury

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Having said so much, we can see that water chicken oil has many functions. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.