The efficacy and function of Dafeijingcao [picture]

Big lung meridian grass [picture] is a medicinal material. It is quite common in life. We can eat big lung meridian grass [picture] appropriately. Since many people don’t know much about big lung meridian grass [picture], let’s take a look at it below.

[Other names] Lung meridian grass, black bean grass, red back

[Source] They are Sanicula lamelligera Hance and S. stapfiana Wolff, plants of the genus Umbelliferae in the family Apiaceae. The whole plant is used as medicine. Collect the whole herb in summer and autumn, wash it, tie it into bundles and dry it for later use.

[Original form] 1. Big lung meridian grass is a perennial herb, 15 to 25 cm high. The main root is obvious or not obvious and branched, black-brown; the rhizome is very short, with one to several branches, erect. The basal petiole is 6-7.5 cm long, with an enlarged leaf sheath at the base; the leaves are trifoliate or only the leaf blade is trilobed, the middle leaflet is nearly obovate, the apex is trilobed, the leaflets on both sides are obliquely elliptical, often 2-lobed, the base is obliquely wide and cuneate, the margin has unequally coarse teeth, the teeth have prickles at the tip, the petiole is 3-4 mm long or absent, the petiole and the underside of the leaf are purple-red. One to several scapes emerge in early summer, each scape with several leaf-like involucres, 1 to 3 sparse, cymose branches near the top, each with an umbel at the top; the flowers are white or lavender, polygamous, with a bisexual or female flower in the center of the umbel, and male flowers on the edges; the calyx is obvious, and the sepals are linear-lanceolate and persistent. The double-hanging fruit is ovate or slightly flat, with thorns and unclear ridges.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, spicy, slightly warm.

【Functions and indications】 Dispel cold and relieve cough, promote blood circulation and relieve dysmenorrhea. Used for cough caused by cold, whooping cough, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and low back pain.

【Usage and Dosage】 3 to 5 cents.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

Through the detailed introduction of the Great Lung Meridian Grass [Picture], I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense in life.