The efficacy and function of the golden thread

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine called golden thread to you and describe the effects of the golden thread in detail. I hope it will be of help to your study and research.

[Other names] Pulmonaria, Double Butterfly, Variegated Gentian

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Hong Kong Double Butterfly, a plant of the Gentianaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial twining herb. With purple-brown short rhizomes. The stem is dark purple or green, with internodes 5-16cm long. Basal leaves are clustered, ovate, 3-6cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, with acute apex, broad cuneate base, and sometimes purple underneath; stem leaves are opposite, with flat petioles, 1-1.5cm long, and base clasping the stem; leaf blades are ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-9cm long, 2-4cm wide, acuminate at apex, sometimes short-tailed, nearly cordate or rounded at base, and wavy edges; there are 3-5 veins. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, or 2-3 in cymes; pedicels less than 1cm long; 1-4 pairs of bracts, lanceolate or ovate; calyx bell-shaped, calyx tube about 1cm long, with wings along veins, lobes lanceolate; corolla purple, blue or green with purple spots, narrowly bell-shaped, 4-5cm long, lobes 5, ovate-triangular, pleats triangular-ovate, erode or wavy at the apex; 5 stamens, irregularly inserted in the lower half of the corolla tube; ovary oblong, about 1cm long, sessile or with a very short stalk, with an annular disk at the base of the stalk, flowers linear, stigma 2-lobed. The berries are purple-red and nearly round to oblong. The seeds are purple-black, oval or ovate, flat triangular, and have a reticular surface. The flowering period is from September to January of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in dense forests in valleys at an altitude of 500-1800m or in sparse forests beside hillside roads.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; pungent; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; relieves cough; stops bleeding. It is used to treat lung heat cough, hemoptysis, lung abscess, stranguria, breast abscess, furuncle, and bleeding due to trauma.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

After reading the above article, I believe everyone has basically understood the efficacy and function of the golden thread, right? The medicinal value of golden thread is extremely high, but it is not suitable for everyone. You should judge based on your own actual situation. I hope everyone will pay attention to this.