The efficacy and function of rib flower

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose it with confidence. However, when choosing Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the Chinese medicine rib flower below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Gentianaceae plant Radix Costiflorae.

[Original form] Annual herb, 15-40cm tall. The stem is 4-sided, unbranched or rarely branched, green or purple. Leaves opposite; sessile; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, lanceolate to linear, up to 4.3 cm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, acute at apex, obtuse at base, semiamplexicaul, midrib prominent on both sides. Flowers are terminal and axillary, 2-3cm in diameter, with branches of unequal length, up to 8cm long; calyx is deeply 4-lobed, slightly shorter or equal to corolla, lobes are linear or linear-lanceolate, slightly irregular, 8-22mm long; corolla is radiate, light blue with dark stripes, flowers are 4-lobed, lobes are elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic, obtuse or acute at the apex, with 1 nectary on each side of the base, nectary tubular, with irregular fringed lobes on the edge; 4 stamens, inserted at the base of the corolla tube, alternate with the lobes, filaments are linear, anthers are blue, narrow and oblong; ovary is sword-shaped, sessile, 1.2-1.4cm long, stigma is small, triangular, extending down to the base of the ovary. Capsule narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic. The seeds are light brown, spherical and smooth. Flowering and fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on hillside grasslands and ditches at an altitude of 1400-4200m.

【Properties】 Identification of properties: The root is thin cylindrical, with many fibrous roots, yellow in color, and yellow-white in cross section. The stem has 4 longitudinal ridges, branches, distinct nodes, and internodes 2-7cm long. The surface is yellow-green or purple-brown; it is brittle, easy to break, and the cross section is hollow. The leaves are mostly broken, and the intact ones are strip-shaped or strip-lanceolate when flattened, with a pointed tip, slightly clasping the stem at the base, entire margin, a raised vein on the surface, and green in color. Cymes, flowers with pedicels, 2-5cm long, with 4 edges, 5 sepals, narrow and narrow, pointed at the tip, corolla light blue-purple, 5 lobes, oblong-elliptical, with 7 dark veins. Capsule linear, light brown, 2-cleft at apex. It has a slight fragrance and a bitter taste.

[Chemical composition] The whole plant contains flavonoids such as cinaroside and orientin [1].

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; detoxifies. Mainly treats yellow hepatitis; headache and fever caused by external factors

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: tastes bitter, is cold in nature, has the function of clearing away heat and dampness, and is used for symptoms such as jaundice hepatitis, headache and fever.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the introduction of the effects and functions of rib flower, everyone knows its magic. In fact, there are many seemingly ordinary people or things in life that contain power that we cannot imagine. Now that everyone knows the magical therapeutic effects and functions of rib flower, you can try it to test whether it is effective.