The efficacy and function of brocade

The medicinal value of lycopodii is beyond our imagination. It is very effective in treating some diseases. There are many substances in safflower that are beneficial to the human body. Let’s take a look.

[Other names] White-haired tiger tongue felt, tiger ear, stone ear, big saxifrage, mountain king

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb or root of the plant Lycopodiella vulgaris of the Melastomataceae family.

[Original form] Herbaceous, 10-15cm high. The stem is erect or creeping, growing at each node, nearly fleshy, densely covered with long coarse hairs, quadrangular, and usually unbranched. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 1.5-9cm long, densely covered with long coarse hairs; leaf blade is papery, broadly ovate, broadly elliptical or rounded, with broadly acute to nearly rounded apex, cordate base, 6-16cm long, 4.5-14cm wide, green on both sides or sometimes purple-red on the back, with sparsely rough and long coarse hairs on the surface, and only the basal veins and lateral veins on the back are covered with flat long coarse hairs; basal veins are 7-9, surface veins are flat, and back veins are raised. Umbel, terminal, peduncle 4-17cm long, covered with long coarse hairs, rarely glabrous; bracts obovate or sublaterally lanceolate, covered with coarse hairs, usually only 4, about 1cm long, or longer; pedicels and calyx are both covered with chaff; calyx funnel-shaped quadrangular, lobes broadly ovate; petals pink to purple, slightly oblique at the top, with acute apex; stamens 4, nearly equal in length, anther base with tubercles or inconspicuous, connective decurrent shortly; ovary cup-shaped, with crown at apex. Capsule, crown 4-lobed at apex, extending from persistent calyx, persistent calyx with 8 longitudinal ribs, fruit pedicel elongated, covered with chaff. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in valleys at an altitude of 400-1500m, in shady wetlands under sparse and dense forests on hillsides, or beside ditches.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears heat and cools blood; promotes the removal of dampness. It is mainly used for bloody diarrhea caused by heat toxins; damp heat leading to diarrhea; irregular menstruation; metrorrhagia caused by blood heat; hemorrhoidal bleeding caused by intestinal heat; scrotal swelling in children

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g; or soak in wine. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application; or decoct it in water for washing.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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