The efficacy and function of blue onion

The environment is now seriously deteriorating and various diseases are emerging one after another. In order to prevent the occurrence of various diseases and ensure good health, many people choose to enhance their immunity through diet. As a food ingredient that can fundamentally regulate various functions of the body, Chinese medicinal materials have received widespread attention. Today I will introduce to you the medicinal herb blue onion.

[Alias] White wolf onion, wild onion, wild leek

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb or bulb of Allium blueum of the Liliaceae family.

[Original form] Sky blue leek, herbaceous, with rhizomes. The bulb is narrowly cylindrical and grows in clusters; the outer skin of the bulb is dark brown and becomes fibrous and nearly reticular when old. The flowers are slender, cylindrical, 10-30 cm long, and often sheathed at the bottom. Leaves are basal; leaf blades are narrow and linear, 5-25cm long and ll.5 (-2)mm wide. The involucre is unilaterally dehiscent, shorter than the inflorescence, and persistent; the umbel is hemispherical, many-flowered, with a pedicel 4-12mm long; there are no bracts; the tepals are ovate, sky blue or purple-blue; there are 6 tepals, 3.5-5mm long, the inner ones are ovate-oblong, with blunt heads, and the outer ones are elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly concave at the apex, often shorter; the filaments extend out of the tepals, 5-8mm long, fused at the base and adnate to the tepals, the base of the inner ones is enlarged, sometimes with 1 tooth on each side; the ovary is spherical, with 3 depressions at the base; the style extends out of the tepals, 4-7mm long. Flowering and fruiting period is August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on hillsides and grasslands at an altitude of 1500-3000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; warm

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind and cold; promote Yang Qi. Mainly used for colds and wind-cold; abdominal pain due to cold; cold limbs; urinary obstruction

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to some relevant knowledge about blue allium. Do you have a better understanding of it? I hope everyone can use blue onion in their lives to serve our health.