The efficacy and function of blue silk thread

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about Chinese medicine green silk thread.

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Acanthaceae plant. It can be harvested throughout the year, washed, dried or used fresh.

[Original form] Small shrub, about 1 meter high. The branches are herbaceous, prismatic, covered with short soft hairs, gray-brown in appearance, with concave vertical ridges, and slightly swollen nodes. Leaves are opposite, papery, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, about 5 cm long, shortly pointed to acuminate at apex, entire, slightly wrinkled above, pubescent or bare. The spike inflorescence is short and slightly sparse, terminal or born in the upper leaf axils, with an involucre composed of 4 leaf-like bracts below; there is 1 flower inside; the calyx is small and deeply lobed; the corolla tube is slender, deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip is narrow, the lower lip is 3-lobed, about 2.5 cm long, purple, and covered with glandular hairs; there are 2 stamens; the style is 2-lobed. The capsule is oblong, about 8 mm long. Flowering period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] It grows wild in ditches and roadside wetlands; now it is mostly cultivated. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet and mild, slightly cold.

【Functions and indications】 Anti-inflammatory, dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and relieving cough. Treat tuberculosis, hemoptysis, bronchitis, and diabetes.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3 to 5 qian (0.5 to 1 liang for fresh ones). For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] For treating injuries from falls and knife wounds: mash fresh green silk thread and apply externally.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of green silk thread. You should choose it according to your own needs, so that it will not harm your body and can achieve a good effect in improving the disease.