The efficacy and function of Viola lutea

There are many kinds of common Chinese medicinal herbs in life. Many people don’t know how to choose when using them, such as Viola dahurica. So before choosing, you need to have a certain understanding of its efficacy and dosage. So do you know what the efficacy and effects of Viola dahurica are?

【Other name】 Asarum

[Source] It is the root of Viola liliifolia, a plant of the Violaceae family. Dig up in autumn and winter, wash and dry.

[Original form] Perennial creeping herb with a slight white frost. The underground stem is short with many dark brown lateral roots; the aboveground stem is thin and weak, with no leaves at the bottom and usually unbranched. Basal leaf is 1 or absent, ovate-cordate; stem leaves are petiolate, thick papery, broadly ovate or triangular-ovate, shallowly cordate or truncated at the base, with wavy serrations on the margin, 1.5 to 4 cm long, and upper leaves are ovate-lanceolate; stipules are herbaceous, ovate or oblong, 6 mm long or shorter, with sparsely coarse teeth or entire. The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical; the sepals are 5, linear, pointed at the apex, pubescent, and with inconspicuous appendages at the base; the petals are 5, yellow, with very short spurs, about 1 mm long. The fruit is small, nearly rectangular, about 5 mm in diameter.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in streamside under forest and in shady and wet grassland. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】Sour, sweet, warm.

【Functions and indications】Warms the meridians and dredges the collaterals, removes dampness and relieves pain.

[Additional prescription] ①Treatment of chronic rheumatic arthritis: one qian of Chinese asarum. Grind into powder and take two to three times a day with wine.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine"

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