The efficacy and function of Yinfeng Wheel

Nowadays, our living standards are constantly improving, but our health quality is constantly declining. Unscientific diet poses a potential threat to our bodies. Many Chinese medicinal herbs can regulate and improve our bodies. Here I will introduce the Yinfeng Wheel to you.

[Other names] Patchouli (Guizhou Herbal Medicine), Slender Wind Wheel, Basil, Wild Mint, Snail Vegetable, Mengchucao (Selected Works of the Complete Exhibition: Infectious Diseases), Duanxueliu (Anhui's Research on Duanxueliu in Treating Bleeding Diseases in Various Diseases).

[Source] The whole herb of the Lantern Festival, a plant of the Lamiaceae family. Collected in summer and autumn.

[Original morphology] Perennial herb, fragrant, 50 to 100 cm tall, with erect, square stems and short soft hairs. The leaves are opposite, ovate, 1.5-4 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, coarsely serrated at the margins, and petiolate. Verticillaster inflorescence, with many flowers, born in branch tops or leaf axils; bracts linear, with long cilia, not exceeding the middle of the calyx tube; calyx tubular, 5-toothed, divided into 2 lips, the lower lip is not shorter than the upper lip; corolla lip-shaped, light red or purple-red. 4 nutlets, smooth.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on roadsides and grasslands. Distributed in East China, Southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and other places.

[Chemical composition] The water and alcohol extracts of the aerial parts were tested to contain flavonoids, saponins, tannins, phenolic substances, amino acids, coumarins, sugars, inorganic salts, etc.

【Pharmacological action】 ①Hemostatic effect

【Nature and flavor】 "Guizhou Herbal Medicine": "spicy, sweet, bitter, warm."

【Functions and indications】 Treat various bleeding, diphtheria, colds, abdominal pain, and unknown swelling.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: decoct in water, 0.5-1 liang; mash into juice or make into pills. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① For treating colds: 50g of Patchouli and 30g of Bupleurum. Take with simmered water.

【Clinical application】 ① Used to stop bleeding

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

It can be seen that the medicinal value of Yinfenglun is still very obvious. However, the Yinfeng Wheel cannot be used by everyone. We can judge based on our own physical condition.