The efficacy and function of red cloud grass

The medical value of red cloud grass is beyond our imagination. It is very effective in treating some diseases. Red cloud grass contains many substances that are beneficial to the human body. Let’s take a look.

[Other names] Red-haired rattan, false ground fig, ground horse, red carpet

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of Ardisia cordifolia of the Myrsinaceae family.

[Original morphology] Subshrub, 4-15m tall, with creeping stems; stems densely covered with rusty long soft hairs when young. Leaves are alternate; sparsely whorled; petiole 0.5-2.5cm long, rusty and sparsely pubescent; leaf blade is hard and papery, elliptical or obovate, 4-6cm long, 2.5-4cm wide, with acute or obtuse apex, cordate base, irregularly coarse serrations and ciliates on margin, sparsely pubescent on both sides, especially on midrib; lateral veins are about 6 pairs, with tails reaching the tips of teeth. Inflorescence subumbel, nearly terminal, rusty-colored, pubescent, with 3-6 flowers, 1-2 inflorescences per plant; pedicels 3-6mm long; sepals lanceolate, ciliate, without glandular dots; petals lavender or red, ovate, about 4mm long; stamens slightly shorter than petals, anthers ovate, acute at apex, sagittal at base; pistil almost as long as petals. The fruit is spherical, about 6mm in diameter, dark red, flowering from May to June, fruiting from December to January of the following year, rarely as late as March.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in the shade and moist places under the forest at an altitude of 230-860m.

【Properties】 Identification of properties: The stem is slender and cylindrical, with rust-colored long soft hairs on the surface. The leaves are curled or falling off. The complete leaves are elliptical, up to 6 cm long and about 4 cm wide, with a pointed tip and a heart-shaped base. They are covered with hairs on both the upper and lower surfaces, especially on the midrib, and the leaf margins have irregular and sparse serrations. The ciliates are dense: the petioles are hairy. Paper. The smell is weak and the taste is bitter and astringent.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Cooling blood and stopping bleeding; clearing away heat and detoxifying. Mainly used for vomiting blood, blood in stool, hemoptysis, sores and furunculosis

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This is the end of the introduction to the medicinal value of red cloud grass. In fact, red cloud grass has many different effects when used, all of which have significant benefits to the human body. Everyone can try it.