The efficacy and function of geranium

As a traditional Chinese medicine, geranium has great medicinal value and can treat many diseases. Let’s take a closer look at it below.

【English name】

HERBAERODII/HERBAGERANII

【Alias】

Old stork's beak, old crow's beak, tendons, old tendons, old tendons

【Properties】

Long-billed geranium: stem length 30-50cm, diameter 0.3-0.7cm, many branches, and swollen nodes. The surface is gray-green or purple, with longitudinal grooves and sparse hairs. It is brittle, with a yellowish-white cross section and some are hollow. The leaves are opposite, with slender petioles; the leaves are curled and wrinkled, brittle and fragile, and the complete ones are deeply pinnately lobed, with lanceolate lobes. The fruit is oblong, 0.5 to 1 cm long. The persistent style is 2.5 to 4 cm long, shaped like a stork's beak, and some are split into 5 petals, curled in a spiral shape. Odorless, light taste.

【Preparation】

Remove the remaining roots and impurities, wash briefly, cut into sections, and dry in the sun.

【Nature and flavor】

Pungent, bitter, neutral.

【Meridian】

It enters the liver, kidney and spleen meridians.

【Function and indications】

It can eliminate rheumatism, dredge meridians, and stop diarrhea. Used for rheumatic pain, numbness, cramps, muscle and bone pain, diarrhea and dysentery.

【Storage】

Store in a cool, dry place.

【extract】

Chinese Pharmacopoeia

【Source】

"Supplement to Gangmu"

Through the introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of geranium. Geranium is very beneficial to human health. You can try it.