The efficacy and function of Dahua Huoxuedan

The efficacy and function of Dahua Huoxuedan

With the development of society and the close international exchanges, most people who study medicine have been seriously influenced by Western medicine, and fewer and fewer people are studying Chinese medicine, which has resulted in less and less understanding of Chinese medicine. Let’s talk about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Dahua Huoxuedan.

[Other names] Big tendon grass, bone-penetrating grass

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the Lamiaceae plant Glechoma longituba.

[Original form] Dahuoxuedan, a perennial herb, up to 25cm tall, the whole plant is covered with long, curled, soft hairs. The creeping stems are attached to the ground, the stems are ascending, and are quadrangular. Leaves are opposite; leaf blades are cordate-reniform, 1-3.5cm long, 1.5-5cm wide, with nearly rounded or obtuse apex, cordate base, crenate margin, short stiff hairs above, and finely pubescent beneath; petiole is 1.5-2 times as long as leaf blade, with long soft hairs at nodes. The cyme has 2-4 flowers, with axillary soft hairs into glandular dots, 5 calyx teeth, 3 teeth of upper lip slightly longer, 2 teeth of lower lip shorter, apex awn-shaped, with ciliate margins; corolla pink or light blue soft hairs, upper lip deeply concave at first, lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe nearly round, apex concave, margin wavy; 4 stamens, included, anthers 2-chambered; ovary 4-lobed, style glabrous. The stigma is 2-lobed; it is wavy and has a finger-like bulge in the front. The nutlets are oblong-ovate, about 2 mm long, and dark brown. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is May-June.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in moist places in mixed forests beside ditches at an altitude of 2000-2900m.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; neutral

【Functions and indications】Resolving phlegm and relieving cough; dispersing blood stasis. Mainly used for cough, phlegm and asthma; fracture

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. External spleen: take appropriate amount, mash and apply; or grind into powder and apply.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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