The efficacy and function of thick-leaved oxalis

Thick-leaved cowrie is a Chinese medicinal material with a very wide range of functions. We can use thick-leaved cowrie in many places. Thick-leaved cowrie also plays a very important role in the treatment and relief of many diseases. Now let us learn about thick-leaved cowrie.

【English name】 Paraboea crassifolia

【Other Names】 Lime grass, rock cabbage

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Gesneriaceae.

[Original morphology] Thick-leaved Capsularia, perennial herb. The rhizome is round, 0.5-1.5cm long, 5-10mm in diameter, with numerous fibrous roots. Leaves are basal; nearly sessile; leaf blades are thick and fleshy, obovate-spatulate or narrowly obovate, 3.5-9cm long, 1.5-3.2cm wide, with rounded or obtuse apex, gradually narrowing in the middle, covered with grayish-white wool on the upper side, then becoming nearly glabrous, green, with white or light brown pearly wool on the lower side, margins curled upward with irregular serrations, and 4-6 pairs of lateral veins. The cyme has a few flowers; the peduncle is 8-12 long and covered with light brown spider-like hairs; the bracts are 2, subulate, about 2mm long; the calyx is about 3mm long, 5-lobed to the base, the lobes are narrowly linear, and the outside is covered with light brown short hairs; the corolla is purple, 1-1.4cm long, the tube is short, the eaves is two-lipped, the upper lip is 2-lobed, the lobes are equal, the lower lip is 3-lobed, and the lobes are nearly round; there are 2 fertile stamens, enclosed, the anthers are connected at the tip, and there are 2 reduced stamens; this stamen is glabrous, 8-10mm long, the style is enclosed, the anthers are connected at the tip, and there are 2 reduced stamens; the pistil is glabrous, 8-10mm long, the style is extended, and the stigma is 1, capitate. The capsule is up to 2.7 cm long and twisted in a spiral. Flowering period is June-July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on mountain rocks at an altitude of about 700m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the lungs and relieves cough; cools blood and stops bleeding. Mainly used for lung deficiency, cough and asthma; hemoptysis; metrorrhagia

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 30-60g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Whole plant: sweet in taste, neutral in nature. It has the functions of nourishing, strengthening, stopping bleeding and relieving cough. It is used to treat liver and spleen deficiency, vomiting blood due to overwork, hemoptysis due to internal injuries, cough and asthma due to lung disease, leucorrhea, and unknown swelling and pus.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above, we introduced what thick-leaved cowrie is and understood the effects and functions of thick-leaved cowrie. Thick-leaved cowrie can improve our immunity. Thick-leaved cowrie also has a therapeutic effect in health preservation and has many benefits to our body.