The efficacy and function of six-leaf gentian

The Chinese medicinal herb Six-Leaf Gentian is a relatively good medicinal material. Many people don’t know much about it, so let’s take a detailed look at the Chinese medicinal herb Six-Leaf Gentian below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of Gentiana hexaphylla of the Gentianaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 5-20cm high. Roots numerous, slightly fleshy, whisker-like. Most of the flower branches are clustered, spreading, ascending obliquely, purple-red or yellow-green, and have papillate processes. The rosette leaves are extremely underdeveloped, triangular, 5-10mm long, up to 2mm wide, with no acute tip; there are 6-7 stem leaves, rarely 5 in whorls, with obtuse tips and rough edges. The lower leaves are small and often wither during flowering. The middle and upper leaves are large, gradually dense from bottom to top, linear-spoon-shaped, 5-15mm long, and 1.5-3mm wide. Flowers are solitary at the top of branches, surrounded by upper leaves at the bottom, 6-7-merous, rarely 5-8-merous, without pedicels; calyx tube is purple-red or yellow-green, inverted cone or inverted cone-tube, 8-10mm long, lobes are leaf-shaped, green, the same shape as the upper leaves, narrowly curved, truncate, corolla is blue, with dark blue stripes or sometimes the tube is yellow-white, tubular or narrowly funnel-shaped, 3.5-5cm long, lobes are ovate or ovate, obtuse at the apex, with inconspicuous erosion on the margins, neat folds, and erosion on the margins; stamens are attached to the lower part of the floral tube, filaments are awl-shaped, anthers are narrowly oblong; ovary is linear-lanceolate, 7-10cm long, ovary stalk is 14-16mm long, style is linear, stigma is 2-lobed, lobes are outward-reversed. The capsule is enclosed, rarely with the tip exposed, and the fruit stalk is up to 5cm long. The seeds are yellowish brown, shiny, and have honeycomb-like gaps on the surface. Flowering and fruiting period is July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in hillside grasslands, roadsides, alpine meadows and shrubs at an altitude of 2700-4400m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; warm

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and drying of dampness. Mainly used for anthrax and rheumatic pain

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Root: bitter in taste, warm in nature. It has the function of dispelling wind and dampness. Used for rheumatoid arthritis and anthrax.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Therefore, through the detailed introduction of the traditional Chinese medicine Gentiana scabra in the above article, it is not difficult to find that Gentiana scabra has many effects and functions, and its effect in health care is still very good.