The efficacy and function of water tiger

Water tiger is a common Chinese medicinal material with great health-care effects. It also has certain effects on some diseases. We need to choose it according to our own needs. Many people in our daily life don’t understand water tigers. Let’s analyze water tigers below.

[Other names] Wild celery, water hibiscus, square-stem water hibiscus

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

[Original form] Water tiger tail, annual herb, 15-40cm tall. The stem is erect, sometimes with gray pubescence on the nodes. There are 4-8 leaves in whorls; nearly sessile; the leaf blade is linear, 2-7cm long, 1.5-4mm wide, with acute tip, gradually narrowed base, sparsely serrated margins, and glabrous on both sides. The cymes are many-flowered, forming dense pseudospikes at the top of the stems and branches, 0.5-4.5cm long; the bracts are lanceolate, significantly longer than the calyx, the calyx is bell-shaped, densely covered with gray hairs, about 1.2mm long, enlarged when fruiting, up to 1.8mm, the calyx has 5 short teeth; the corolla is purple-red, about 1.8-2mm long, the crown rim is 74-lobed, and the lobes are nearly equal; the stamens are 4, protruding, the filaments are bearded, and the anther is 1 objective; the style is 2-lobed, and the disk is flat-topped. The nutlets are obovate, extremely angular, brown in color, and smooth. Flowering and fruiting period throughout the year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown by water or in rice fields at an altitude of up to 1550m.

【Properties and flavors】 Spicy; neutral; slightly toxic

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and swelling reduction; sea blood relieves pain. Mainly used for sores, swelling and pain; eczema; snake bites; bruises and pains

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g; or mash into juice. For external use: appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply on the affected area; or boil it in water and wash with it.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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