The efficacy and function of stem flower elata

Friends who don’t know about the Chinese ginseng will not understand what effects and functions the Chinese ginseng has. The Chinese ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. Many people only know it in terms of its morphology, so it is difficult to understand what benefits the Chinese ginseng can really bring to people’s health. These require us to have an in-depth understanding of this medicinal material.

【English name】 Stemflower Brandisia

[Other name] Red-flowered golden vine

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Scrophulariaceae.

【Original form】 Vine-like shrub. Branches light brown to brown, with numerous prominent lenticels. Leaves are opposite; with short petioles: leaf blades are lanceolate, 5-10cm long, 1-2.5cm wide, with long acuminate tips and cuneate bases. They are dark black on the upper surface when dry, glabrous on both sides when old, and entire. The raceme is on the main stem, 5-6cm long, with glabrous rachis, bracts, pedicels and calyx; bracts are leaf-like, small, and petiolate, and most of them fall off during the fruiting period; flowers are born in pairs in the bract axils; pedicels are 5-8mm long, with a pair of lanceolate bracteoles at the top; calyx is campanulate, 5-6mm long, 5 shallowly lobed, calyx teeth are triangular, with acute tips; corolla is bright red, and the lower lip of the corolla is twice as short as the upper lip; stamens are 4, didyna. The capsule is ovoid, with a sharp tip and glabrous on the outside. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in low mountain forests.

[Chemical composition] The whole plant contains phenylpropanol glycosides: acteoside, 2-acetylacteoside, poliumoside[1], and brandioside[2]. It also contains dulcitol and mannitol[1].

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Relaxes muscles and tendons and activates blood circulation. Mainly used for rheumatic bone pain; fracture

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g. For external use: Take appropriate amount of fresh product and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: has the function of relaxing muscles and tendons and activating blood circulation. Used for rheumatic bone pain and externally for fractures.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The medicinal value of the stem flower of the Rhizoma Coptidis introduced in the article is of great help to our lives. In fact, many physical illnesses can be treated with some Chinese medicinal materials such as stem flowers and teng. The profound Chinese medicine culture should continue to be passed on.