The efficacy and function of big fish loach skewers [picture]

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about the medicinal material big fish loach string [picture]? Let us introduce it below.

[Other names] White fish loach skewers, spoon grass

[Source] It is a plant of the genus Rhynchospermun; verticillatum Reinw. of the Asteraceae family. The whole plant is used as medicine. It is harvested in autumn, washed and dried.

[Original form] Biennial herb, 35 to 70 cm tall. Stem simple, ribbed, densely pubescent. The basal leaves have long petioles, and the stem leaves are alternate; the petioles gradually shorten upwards; the lower leaves are narrow and oblong, about 8.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, with coarse teeth on the edges; the upper leaves are narrow lanceolate, 3.5-5 cm long and 0.6-0.8 cm wide, with sparse and shallowly wavy teeth on the edges, covered with short bristles on the upper side and also on the veins on the lower side. It blooms in summer, with small capitulums, solitary or arranged in racemes of 3 to 5, terminal or axillary. The involucre is short bell-shaped, with several layers of bracts, narrow and oblong. The flowers are fully developed, the outer whorl of flowers are female, ligulate, white, with 2 to 3 lobes at the apex, and the inner whorl of flowers are bisexual, tubular, with short tubes and 5 deep lobes at the apex. There are 5 stamens, which are corymbose, with obtuse base of anthers and pointed apex. The stigma is 2 shallowly lobed. Achenes are flat, side fruits have beaks, central fruits have no beaks, and have 3 to 5 detachable spines.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in semi-shaded areas on slopes below mid-mountain areas. Distributed in Sichuan.

【Nature and flavor】Light, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and removes dampness. Used for acute and chronic hepatitis, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, metrorrhagia, and leucorrhea.

【Usage and Dosage】 0.5 to 2 taels.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

Above we introduced what big fish loach skewers [picture] are. We know that big fish loach skewers [picture] are 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.