The efficacy and role of the red car

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, the Yibei Chiche, so what are the effects and functions of the Yibei Chiche? Let me introduce it to you today.

【Alias】 Liu Er Ling

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the Urticaceae plant.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30-60cm tall. Stems erect or procumbent near base, usually unbranched. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 4-8mm long, glabrous; stipules are subulate; leaf blades are herbaceous, obliquely oblong, obliquely lanceolate or oblanceolate, 8-15cm long, 2.5-5.7cm wide, with acuminate or acuminate apex, base obtuse or shallowly cordate on the narrow side, auriculate on the broad side, margin entire at the lower part, stalactites inconspicuous; lateral veins are approximately one on the narrow side, 6-7 on the broad side, or semi-detached ternate. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious; male inflorescences have long stalks, 1-4.5cm wide; peduncle is 1-9cm long; bracts are narrowly lanceolate to linear in appearance; male flowers have 5 tepals, fused at the bottom, and 5 stamens. The female inflorescence is pedunculate with densely packed flowers; the peduncle is 5-15 mm long; the bracts are narrowly triangular to linear; the female flowers have 4-5 tepals, 1-2 of which are larger and narrowly lanceolate. Achenes narrowly ellipsoidal with small tubercle-like protrusions. Flowering period is from winter to spring.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in the shade and wet places under mountain forests, on rocks or beside streams at an altitude of 1000-2700m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the spleen and eliminates stagnation; detoxifies and heals sores. Indigestion; edema; burns

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 5-15g. For external use: Apply appropriate amount and soak in oil.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant is used for indigestion, edema, and burns.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is the introduction of the Chinese medicinal material Ipomoea acuta. For medicinal herbs that we don't understand, we should learn more about them so that we can make full use of them in our lives and not be at a loss.