The efficacy and function of Ma Ya Ban Zhi [Picture]

As people's living standards improve, they pay more attention to health preservation. Many people know that the Chinese medicine Ma Ya Ban Zhi [picture] is good for the body and can treat many diseases. Let’s learn about it today.

[Other names] Amaranthus oleraceus (Classified Collection of Strange Prescriptions), Half-branch of soy sauce, Half-branch of dry soy sauce (Mirror of Herbs), Grass with soy sauce (Book of Collecting Medicinal Herbs by Wang Lianshi), Grass with soy sauce (Family Prescriptions by Zhou Yisheng), Half-branch of iron stem, Half-branch of mountain soy sauce (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica), Sedum bean grass, Half-branch of lotus (Folk Herbal Medicines of Zhejiang Province), Bean grass, Serissa serrata, Dog-tooth petal (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica), Fairy's fingernail (Common Folk Herbal Medicines of Zhejiang Province).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Sedum sedum of the Crassulaceae family. Harvest in summer and autumn.

[Original form] Perennial succulent herb, 10 to 17 cm tall. The lower part of the stem is creeping, with fibrous roots on the nodes, and the upper part is upright, light purple, slightly square, with blunt edges, grooves, and smooth. Leaves are opposite; obovate to obovate-spatulate, about 1 to 2.7 cm long, rounded at the tip, slightly concave in the middle, with the base extending down the stem to form a semicircular earlobe, entire, smooth, green on the surface, slightly concave at the base of the midrib, inconspicuous at the apex, and with very fine longitudinal grooves on the midrib on the back. The compound cyme is terminal; the sepals are 5, green, spoon-shaped, less than 1/2 the length of the petals; the petals are 5, yellow, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, about 4 mm long, with sharp tips; the stamens are 10, the filaments are slender; the carpels are 5, separate, slightly fused at the base, and the ovules are numerous. Follicles. Flowering period is between summer and autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in sunny places in fields and on rocks beside mountain streams. Distributed in East China, Central China, Southwest China and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Sour, cool.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, stops bleeding and promotes the removal of dampness. Treat carbuncle, furuncle, vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, scrofula, jaundice, and injuries from falls.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 liang; or mash into juice. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating redness and swelling of sores: Serissa serrata, hibiscus leaves, and Houttuynia cordata. Mash the wool together and apply it. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records)

[Explanations by various scholars] "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": "There are two kinds of horse tooth half branch, one with red stem and the other with green stem. They are the best medicine for treating red and white vaginal discharge in women. The red stem one is used for red vaginal discharge, and the white stem one is used for white vaginal discharge."

[Remarks] In addition, round-leaved Sedum can also be used as medicine. The main difference from the above species is that the tip of the leaves is blunt and round instead of concave. Distributed in East China.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": There are two kinds of Ma Ya Banzhi, one with red stem and the other with green stem. It is the best medicine for treating women's red and white vaginal discharge. For red discharge, use red-stemmed ones, and for white discharge, use white-stemmed ones.

The above is the introduction of the Horse Tooth Half Branch [Picture]. I believe you will understand it after reading it. After knowing the effects and functions of Ma Ya Ban Zhi [Picture], you can adjust it according to your own physical condition.