The efficacy and function of Asarum dahuaenensis

Recently, major TV channels have launched various health programs, and food programs have also introduced special health-preserving dietary therapy methods. All aspects show that the concept of health preservation is gradually deepening in people's understanding. Now we will introduce a health-preserving medicinal material, Asarum sieboldii.

【English Name】 Largeflower Wildginger Herb

[Other names] Flower-faced Asarum, Flower-leaf Asarum, Fantianyin

[Source] It is the whole herb with roots of Asarum maximum Hemsl ., a plant of the Aristolochiaceae family. Harvest in spring and summer, wash and dry.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The creeping rhizome is light yellow, with many fleshy roots and usually two leaves at the top. The leaves are large, thick, ovate-elliptical, 16 to 20 cm long, about 8 to 10 cm wide, with a sharp tip and a heart-shaped base; the petioles are fleshy, 14 to 20 cm long, and sparsely covered with short soft hairs. The flowers are large, solitary at the top of the stem, up to 6 cm in diameter, and purple-brown; the pedicel is 2 to 9 cm long; the perianth tube is short, with 3 lobes, broadly ovate, about 3 cm long and 4 cm wide, with white transverse wrinkles at the base; there are 12 stamens. Capsule fleshy, nearly spherical. Seeds conical, acuminate at apex, nearly smooth on back.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in the shade and wet places under forests on hillsides and beside streams. Distributed in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

【Chemical composition】 Contains volatile oil, etc.

【Nature and flavor】Warm in nature, spicy in taste.

【Functions and indications】 Dispel cold and relieve cough, remove phlegm and dispel wind. Used for colds, headaches, coughs, rheumatism, numbness of the limbs, and falls.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Above we introduced what Asarum dahurica is, and we also learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Asarum dahurica. We know that the effects of Asarum dahurica are very powerful, and everyone can eat some Asarum dahurica for health preservation.