The efficacy and function of Xingxiucai

Although Western medicine and Western drugs are more common nowadays, people still often believe that diseases can only be cured by taking Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine can cure the root cause. Xingxiucai is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about Xingxiucai.

[Other names] False hot polygonum, loach vegetable (Flora of Guangzhou), red root grass (Fujian Folk Herbs), red aerial root, red seven grass, golden chicken feet, Baijian grass, frog rainbow grass (Guangxi Chinese Veterinary Medicinal Plants), yellow loach, red head rope, blood grass (Jiangxi Folk Herbs), red rush (Zhejiang Chinese Medicine Resources List), red tendons (Mindong Materia Medica), large field yellow, sparrow profit (Guangxi Folk Common Herbs), red tendons grass, ground wood back, blood red, red fragrant, red stem grass, field bank firewood (Zhejiang Folk Common Herbs), Dingjing grass, water Ke, red root, dwarf lotus (Fujian Chinese Herbs).

[Source] It is the whole herb or the whole herb with roots of the Primulaceae plant . Harvested from April to August, used fresh or sun-dried.

[Original form] Perennial weak herb. The rhizomes give rise to creeping branches. The stem is often branched, with fine black dots, red at the base, and 30 to 70 cm high. Leaves are alternate; broadly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 4-9 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, mucronate or acuminate at apex, gradually narrowed at base, nearly sessile, with dark brown glands on the surface, and convex after drying. Inflorescence long racemose, slightly with glandular hairs; bracts triangular-lanceolate, about 2 mm long, pedicels 1-3 mm long; calyx 5-lobed, lobes elliptic-ovate, obtuse at apex, ciliate at margin, membranous, with black spots in the middle, about 1.5 mm long: corolla white, about 3 mm long, with short glandular hairs in the throat, lobes 5, obovate, obtuse at apex, with black spots on the back; stamens 5, inserted in the middle of the corolla, filaments short, with glandular hairs; style shorter than stamens. The capsule is spherical, about 2 to 2.5 mm in diameter. Flowering period is July. The fruit ripens in September.

[Habitat distribution] Grown by water, roadsides, and wetlands. Distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, neutral.

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis, promote diuresis and eliminate dampness. It is used to treat bruises, rheumatic joint pain, amenorrhea in women, mastitis, scrofula, red and swollen eyes, edema, jaundice, malaria, and dysentery.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration; decocted in water, 3-5 qian (1-3 liang for fresh ones). For external use: mash and apply or decoct in water for fumigation and washing.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat swelling and pain caused by falls: 5-7 qian of Xingxiucai root, decocted in water and wine; alternatively, chop up the whole fresh herb and scallion, mash it, add fermented dregs and mash it evenly, apply it to the wound, change it once a day. (Jiangxi Folk Herbs)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is a brief introduction to Star Vegetable. Through this we can understand that Star Vegetable contains a variety of nutrients, which are very effective in treating and preventing some diseases. In daily life, everyone can eat it under the guidance of relevant people.