The efficacy and function of water hosta

Traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive, and Chinese medicinal materials account for a large proportion of it. Do you know about water lily? What are its effects and functions, and how to eat it? I believe many people are very interested in it. Let me tell you one by one below.

【Other Names】 Green Bamboo, Grass Lotus

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb or root of the plant Polygonum multiflorum of the Polygonum family.

[Original form] Water hosta is an annual herb, 30-60cm tall. Stem erect, slightly stout, usually unbranched. There are many basal leaves, arranged in a rosette, linear or lanceolate, 3-7cm long, 6-15mm wide, gradually pointed to acute at the apex, shiny green, with unclear midrib; there are few stem leaves, ovate-acicular, getting smaller as they go up, and closely attached to the stem. Inflorescence is a dichotomous scorpion tail cyme with branches 2.5-8cm long; bracts are green, lanceolate, 5-12mm long; flowers are sessile or with short stalks, erect, 1-2cm long, with 3 wings, the wings start from the back of the outer perianth segments to the base of the ovary, 1-1.8cm long, 1.5-2.5mm wide, blue or purple; perianth lobes are 6, slightly yellow, the outer 3 segments are ovate-triangular, 2-3mm long; the inner 3 segments are oblong, about half the length of the outer segments; perianth tube is cylindrical, 3-4.5mm long; stamens are 3; ovary is inferior, elliptical or obovate, style is linear, and there are 3 stigmas. Capsule obovate. The seeds are numerous, small and linear. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown by streams, in mountains and wetlands in bushes.

【Nature and flavor】 Light; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; relieves cough. Mainly used for yellow and red urine and cough

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Everyone should know the effects and functions of water lily. Water lily has high medicinal value and is a very common Chinese medicinal material. It is very good for our body.