The efficacy and function of flower anchor [picture]

The Chinese medicine Hua Anchor [Picture] is a relatively good medicinal material. Many people don’t know much about it, so let’s take a detailed look at the Chinese medicine Hua Anchor [Picture] below.

【Alias】Shihri-Digda (Mongolian name)

[Source] It is the whole herb of Gentianaceae plant . Harvest in summer and autumn and dry in the shade.

[Original form] Annual herb, 20 to 50 cm tall. The stem is erect, branched from the base, and the internodes are longer than the leaves. Leaves are opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, pointed at the apex, cuneate at the base, often with 3 veins; with short petioles. Cymes are axillary or terminal; calyx is 4-lobed, with lobes lanceolate; corolla is campanulate, light yellow, and 4-parted to below the middle, with lobes with holes at the base extending into a long spur, shaped like an anchor; stamens are 4, inserted near the base of the corolla, and anthers are T-shaped; ovary has 1 chamber, and the style is short. Capsule ovate or oblong, carpels split to base.

[Habitat distribution] It grows under forests, on forest edges, in ravines, and in grasslands near water. Distributed from southwest to central to northeast my country.

[Chemical composition] Plants of this genus contain 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,7-tetramethoxyxanthone, 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetramethoxyxanthone and 1-hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethoxyxanthone.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, bitter, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and stops bleeding. Treat hepatitis, vasculitis, fever caused by traumatic infection, and traumatic bleeding.

[Additional prescription] ① For the treatment of icteric hepatitis: 5 qian of Huamao, 4 qian each of licorice, Artemisia combing teeth, and pomegranate, 3 qian each of madder, loquat leaves, and lithospermum officinale. Grind into fine flour and take twice a day, 8 fen to 1 qian each time, with sugar water.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Inner Mongolia Chinese Herbal Medicine".

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of Hua An [Picture]. There are also some ways and methods when eating Hua An [Picture]. The above eating methods are very helpful for regulating various problems of the human body, so you can rest assured.