The efficacy and function of ferret flower

Weasel flower is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It is very helpful to the human body in treating certain diseases. Moreover, this kind of medicine is also widely used. When choosing weasel flower, you need to understand its efficacy, effects and contraindications. Let's take a look at it below.

[Other names] Huping flower, incense, twelve locust flowers, golden locust, wild perilla, wild sesame

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Mustela odorata, a plant of the Lamiaceae family.

[Original form] It is a plant of the Lamiaceae family, the annual herb, 20-60cm tall. The stem is erect, quadrangular, and covered with long bristles and short soft hairs at the nodes. Leaves opposite; petiole 1-2.5cm long, pubescent; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 3-8.5cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, base tapering or broad cuneate margin; inflorescence with many flowers, densely packed, axillary; bracteoles lanceolate, 3-6mm long, apex thorny, margin with bristles; calyx bell-shaped, about 1cm long, bristly outside, pubescent inside, calyx teeth 5, about 5mm long, apex with long thorns; corolla white, yellow or pinkish purple, about 1.4cm long, upper lip ovate, apex obtuse, with several teeth, bristly outside, lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe slightly larger, apex slightly concave; stamens 4, all extending to under the upper lip, filaments hairy below, anthers 2-chambered, with cilia; ovary 4-lobed, stigma 2-lobed; disk enlarged in front like a finger. Nutlets obovate-triangular, scaly. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It grows in open places such as forest edges, roadsides, field edges, bushes or grasslands. In the mountains of southwest my country, it can grow at an altitude of 4000m.

[Chemical composition] The leaves contain galiridoside, harpagide, gluroside, 6-desoxyharpagide and 5-hydroxy-acetylgaliridoside.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; slightly cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; improves eyesight and removes cataracts. It is used for red, swollen and painful eyes; cataract; syphilis; sores

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. For external use, apply appropriate amount by pounding it; or grind it into powder and apply it.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the detailed introduction of the Chinese medicine Weasel's Flower in the above article, we know that Weasel's Flower has many functions and effects and is extremely beneficial to the body. So if you have related symptoms, you might as well give it a try.