The efficacy and function of Chinese Saijue bed

Chinese Saijue Chuang is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It is very helpful to the human body in treating certain diseases. Moreover, this kind of medicine is also widely used. When choosing Chinese Saijue Chuang, you need to understand the efficacy, functions and contraindications of Chinese Saijue Chuang. Let's take a look at it below.

【Alias】 Dugen vine

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

[Original form] Round-bracted vine herb, up to 50cm tall. The stem is loose and covered with short soft hairs. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 5-10mm long; leaf blade is elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 3-10cm long, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, entire or shallowly wavy, with linear stalactites and flat setae on it. The flowers are small, mostly clustered in the upper leaf axils; the bracts are president-shaped; the bracteoles are extremely small; the calyx is 5-lobed, the lobes are linear, covered with long cilia and nearly glabrous; the corolla is white, with red spots, covered with pubescence, 2-lipped, the upper lip is shallowly 2-lobed, the lower lip is 3-lobed, and the middle lobe is round; there are 2 stamens; the anther cells are of unequal heights, and there is a small white spur at the lower end. Capsule narrowly fusiform, about 8 mm long. There are 4 seeds with small tubercle-like protrusions.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in grass on hillsides, roadsides or under forests.

[Properties] Identification of properties: The whole plant is about 50cm long and the stem is slightly quadrangular. Leaves are opposite, wrinkled, complete, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 2-12 cm long, slightly obtuse to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, slightly decurrent; entire, slightly wavy.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly sweet; bitter; slightly warm

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the spleen and stimulates appetite; disperses blood stasis and stops bleeding; reduces swelling and detoxifies. Weakness and fatigue; loss of appetite; vomiting blood; epistaxis; pain from bruises and blood stasis; swelling and poison from sores and ulcers; snake bites

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g; or mashed into juice from fresh product. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above describes some ways to eat Chinese Saijue Bed. Although many medicinal herbs can be eaten, we must remind everyone that Chinese medicines generally cannot be taken indiscriminately and should be used according to your own situation.