The efficacy and function of Xia Wan

For Chinese medicinal materials such as Xia Wan, we should first understand its medicinal value and precautions before consuming it. The following is an introduction about Xia Wan. I hope you can read it carefully, which will be of great help for your consumption.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Primula microbracti, a plant of the Primulaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The rhizome is thick and nearly woody. The old petioles persist in a layered fish-scale shape, and the new leaves are densely packed at the upper end of the rhizome; the petioles are about the same length as the leaves; the leaves are elliptical, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 1-7cm long, 0.2-2cm wide, with rounded or obtuse tips, base gradually narrowing and extending downward into wings, margins entire or serrated, usually obviously rolled inward, hairy on both sides, densely covered with white or light cream-yellow powder underneath. The flowering season is not obvious or hidden deep in the leaves, 2.5cm high; flowers are solitary or 2-6 in umbels; bracts are linear to narrowly oblong, 4-8mm long, and covered with soft hairs; pedicels are 8-25mm long and covered with glandular hairs; calyx is bell-shaped, covered with glandular hairs and white powder, split to the middle, and the lobes are narrowly ovate to lanceolate; corolla is high-footed saucer-shaped, yellow, white or light purple-red, and the area around the mouth of the corolla tube is yellow. The corolla tube is slender, 0.5-1 times longer than the calyx, the diameter of the corolla brim is 1-2cm, the lobes are broadly obcordate, and the apex is concave; long-style flowers: stamens are born below the middle of the corolla tube, and the style is nearly the same length as the corolla tube; short-style flowers: stamens are close to the throat of the corolla, the style is 1.5-2mm long, and the capsule is nearly spherical, shorter than the calyx. Flowering period is from March to May.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on steep rocks in narrow valleys.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly warm

【Functions and indications】Calming the mind and soothing the nerves. Mainly for palpitations and insomnia

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above article analyzes some of the effects of Xia Wan. In our daily life, we can eat Xia Wan in moderation according to our own situation, which will greatly help improve our body functions.