The efficacy and function of bellflower

The Chinese medicinal herb bellflower is a relatively good medicinal material, but many people don’t know much about it. So let’s take a detailed look at the Chinese medicinal herb bellflower below.

【Other name】 Aoki herb

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Campanula ovata, a plant of the Acanthaceae family.

[Original form] Bellflower herb, 20-50cm tall. Usually unbranched, pubescent. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 5-10mm long; leaf blade is ovate to elliptic-oblong, 3-8cm long, 2-4.5cm wide, with acute or acuminate tip, gradually narrowed base, both sides are pubescent, entire or sometimes indistinctly wavy. Inflorescence racemose, or branched into a spreading cone, usually with 2 flowers at each node, internode up to 1.5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles tiny; pedicel 1-3 mm long; calyx lobes 5, triangular-lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm long; corolla white or lavender, campanulate, about 7.5 mm long, glabrous, crown lobes ovate or oblong, oblique at the bottom, lobes 5, almost equal; stamens 2; filaments very short, enclosed, 2 reduced stamens. The capsule is 12-14mm long. There are 4 seeds, the lower part is solid and short-stalked. Flowering period is October.

[Habitat distribution] Distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; slightly spicy; cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears heart fire; promotes blood circulation and dredges meridians. Treats sores in the mouth and tongue; rheumatism; traumatic injuries

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that friends who were not very clear about bellflower at the beginning should now have mastered the relevant knowledge about bellflower. I hope this article can be helpful to you.