The efficacy and function of pointed leaf insecticide

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, pointed leaf insecticide, what are the effects and functions of pointed leaf insecticide? Let me introduce it to you today.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of Tengchong Polygonum multiflorum, a plant of the Primulaceae family.

【Original form】Herb. The stem rises from the base of the creeping roots, is 15-50 cm long, nearly cylindrical, slightly thickened above the base, 1.5-2 mm in diameter, and covered with light yellow multicellular pubescence up to 1 mm long. The internodes of the main stem are sparse and can reach 9 cm in length. Leaves are arranged alternately, rarely in whorls of 3 or alternate in the upper part of the stem, the pairs at the end of the stem are dense, often slightly larger than those at the lower part of the stem; petiole 2-10mm long; leaf blade ovate, 11-37mm long, 7-25mm wide, apex acute, base broadly cuneate or nearly rounded, dark green above, lighter below, slightly pinkish green, both sides covered with light yellow strigose hairs, denser below, lateral veins 2-3 pairs, slightly more obvious below. Flowers are usually 2-3 in number and grow in the axils of leaves at the end of the stem, densely clustered into a capitulate or slightly sparse, with pedicels 3-8mm long and densely pubescent; calyx 7-10mm long, 5 deeply lobed nearly separate, linear-lanceolate, 1.5-2mm wide, with yellowish-brown multicellular pubescence on the back, and colorless glandular dots on both sides; corolla yellow, orange-red at the base inside, 13-15mm long, basal connate part 3-4mm long, 5-lobed at the apex, lobes broadly lanceolate, 5-6mm wide, with acute apex; stamens 5, filaments connate at the base into a tube about 2mm high, with the separated part about 3mm long, anthers oblong, about 2mm long, ovary superior, densely pubescent with multicellular pubescence, style up to 8mm long, sparsely pubescent. The capsule is nearly spherical, about 4mm in diameter. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from June to August.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in bushes beside streams and beside rice fields at an altitude of 2400m.

【Functions and indications】Anti-insect. Ascariasis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Leaves: expel roundworms.

[Clinical application] This medicine is often used by the public to expel roundworms.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what pointed leaf anthelmintic is. We know that pointed leaf anthelmintic is actually a kind of Chinese medicinal material that can bring us health benefits and has almost no major side effects, so you might as well try it in your spare time.