The efficacy and function of cutting charo

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, Jianxialuo.

[Other names] Cut red silk (Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment), cut spring silk (Compendium of Materia Medica), broken cut silk (Flower Mirror), cut gold flower, realgar flower (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities), broad-leaved carp gall (Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records).

[Source] The whole herb of Caryophyllaceae . Harvest in summer and autumn, wash and dry.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 50 to 80 cm tall. The rhizome is horizontal, bamboo-shaped, yellow on the surface, white on the inside, and has strip-shaped roots. The stems are erect, clustered, slightly ridged, with slightly swollen and smooth nodes. Simple leaves are opposite and sessile; the leaf blade is ovate-elliptic, 6-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, acuminate or long acuminate at the apex, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, with shallow serrations on the margin. 1 to 5 flowers are gathered in a cyme; calyx is oblong, 5-lobed at the apex, the lobes are pointed and ovate, with 10 veins; there are 5 petals, orange-red, with irregular shallow lobes at the apex, narrow claw-shaped base, and 2 scales between the petals and the claws; there are 10 stamens, alternate with the petals; the ovary is cylindrical, with 5 styles. Capsule with persistent calyx, apex 5-toothed; seeds numerous. Flowering period is July. The fruiting period is from September to October.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in sparse woods on hillsides or in relatively shady and moist places in grass at the edge of forests. Distributed in central my country, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "sweet, cold, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment": "For patients with fire belt sores around the waist, grind the flowers or leaves into fine powder and mix with honey for application."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Catalogue". "Compendium of Materia Medica": Cut spring silk, seedlings grow in February, more than one foot tall, with soft stems and green leaves, leaves opposite and clasping the stem. It blooms in summer, deep red, the flowers are as big as coins, with six petals, and the surroundings are cute as if cut. The fruits are as big as beans, with fine seeds inside, and people grow them as toys.

The above content is an introduction to the traditional Chinese medicine Herba Cibotii. We should learn more about Herba Cibotii in our daily lives so that we can use it more reasonably and better maximize its value.