The efficacy and function of water turtle

The Chinese medicinal herb Water Softshell Turtle is a very good Chinese medicinal herb. It has a very good effect in regulating the body and is also widely used in medicine. Let’s take a look together.

[Other names] Water white, water stachys, water lily, horse urine flower, water scutellaria, oil burning, white apple

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the water turtle of the Hydrocharitaceae family.

[Original form] Water turtle, a floating herb with fibrous roots up to 30cm long. The stolons are well developed, with internodes 3-15cm long and overwintering buds at the tip. The leaves are clustered; the petiole is 1-8cm long; the leaf blade is round or cordate, 4.5-5cm long, 5-5.5cm wide, entire, with honeycomb-like gas storage tissue on the back of the leaf and stomata. Flowers are unisexual, monoecious, and grow in leaf axils; male inflorescences are axillary, with peduncles 0.5-3.5cm long, 2 leaf-like spathes with red-purple stripes, 5-6 male flowers in the spathe, pedicels 5-6.5cm long, 3 sepals with red spots, 3 petals, yellow, and 12 stamens; female flowers are white, solitary in the spathe, the perianth is the same number as the male flowers, with 6 pairs of reduced stamens, the ovary is inferior, ovate, 6-chambered, 6 stigmas, linear, and 2-lobed at the apex. The fruit pulp is obovate and contains many seeds. Flowering and fruiting period is August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in still water ponds.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and removes dampness. Main humid tropical zone

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: grind into powder, 2-4g.

[Additional prescription] In the entry on duckweed in "Ben Cao", "Bie Lu" says: "It is also called water white." According to "Ben Cao", there are many kinds of duckweed. The one cited by Tao in "Yao Lu" as "the one with white flowers in May" is one of them. The name of Shuibai may be derived from the whiteness of its flowers. It, like duckweed and duckweed, has nothing to do with white. Therefore, "water white" refers to the white flowers of duckweed. Another characteristic of this kind of water white is that there is a bubble-like air sac tissue on the back of the leaf, which is what Chen Cangqi said, "There is a little water foam under the leaf." "Compendium of Materia Medica" quoted "Geng Xin Yu Ce" as saying: "A kind of bubble is called water turtle." They must be the same plant. "Turtle" and "white" are pronounced in the same tone, so the name "water turtle" may also come from "water white."

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【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to the Chinese medicinal water turtle. We can eat it according to our own needs. I believe there will be improvement after a period of time. It is indeed a good choice.