The efficacy and function of maple leaf grass

The Chinese medicinal maple leaf grass is a very good Chinese medicinal material. It has a very good effect in regulating the body and is also widely used in medicine. Let’s take a look together.

【English name】 all-grass of Mapleleafgrass

[Alias] Laba vegetable, creeper.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the Saxifragaceae plant Piper melongena.

[Original form] Acer truncatum is a perennial herb, 10-30cm tall. The underground stem is thick and has brown scales. There are 1-2 basal leaves, glabrous; petiole 5-18cm long; leaves are ovate, palmately 5-7 shallowly or deeply lobed, lobes are ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or acute at apex, cordate or cuneate at base, with serrated margins; scapes are sparsely pubescent. Compound umbel, 5-7cm long, densely covered with short glandular hairs and fine pubescence; pedicel 2-4mm long; calyx bell-shaped, white, 5-6mm long, with 5-6 deep lobes, lobes narrowly ovate, obtuse at apex; petals 5-6, lanceolate, white, shorter than sepals; stamens 5-6, about 2mm long, anthers nearly spherical; carpels 2, fused to the middle, ovary semi-inferior. Capsule. Many seeds. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is June-July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on stone cliffs in valleys near water.

[Properties] Identification of properties: The rhizome is round or irregularly lumpy, 6 cm long and about 1 cm in diameter. The surface is dark brown, with brown scale leaf residues, fibrous roots and fibrous root marks. It is hard and not easy to break. The cross section is floury and gray. The leaves are basal, 1-2 pieces, mostly broken, and the complete leaves are round-ovate when flattened, 4-7cm long, 3-5cm wide, heart-shaped at the base, deeply palmately fissured, with narrow ovate lobes and serrated edges. The leaves are gray. Petiole 5-8.5cm long, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Some have visible peduncles, sparsely pubescent, compound cymes, and inflorescence axis densely covered with short glandular hairs and fine pubescence. Petals yellow-white, lanceolate. Capsules are sometimes visible, about 7.5 mm long. It has a faint smell and a bitter taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, slightly bitter; neutral

【Meridian】 Enters the heart meridian

【Functions and indications】Calming the mind and soothing the nerves. Mainly panic; palpitations

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica", whole herb: has the function of slowing down the heartbeat. Used for tachycardia.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the Chinese medicinal herb maple leaf grass. We should learn more about maple leaf grass in our daily lives so that we can use it more reasonably and better realize the value of maple leaf grass.