Effects and functions of Huangjingli

Huangjingli is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing Huangjingli, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The juice that flows out when the stems of the Verbenaceae plant Vitex negundo are burned with fire.

[Original form] Vitex negundo, an upright shrub, plant height 1-3m. The branchlets are quadrangular, and are usually covered with grayish white short hairs along with the leaves and inflorescences. Petiole 2-5.5cm long; palmately compound leaves, 5 leaflets, rarely 3, leaflets oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, base cuneate, entire or with a few coarse serrations, apex acuminate, surface green, back densely covered with grayish white hairs, middle leaflet 4-13cm long, 1-4cm wide, leaflets on both sides gradually smaller, if there are 5 leaflets, the middle 3 leaflets have petioles, the outermost 2 are sessile or nearly sessile, with 9-20 pairs of lateral veins. The cymes are arranged in terminal panicles, 10-27cm long; the calyx is bell-shaped, 5-toothed at the apex, and covered with grayish-white hairs on the outside; the corolla is lavender, with fine soft hairs on the outside, 5-lobed at the apex, and two-lipped; the stamens extend outside the corolla tube; the ovary is nearly glabrous. The drupe is brown, nearly spherical, about 2 mm in diameter, equal to or slightly shorter than the persistent calyx. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on hillsides, roadsides or in bushes.

[Preparation] In summer and autumn, take fresh thick stems of Vitex negundo, cut them into sections, each section is 0.3-0.6cm long, roast one end over fire, and collect the juice from the other end, which is Vitex negundo.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; cool in nature

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat; resolves phlegm; calms the nerves. It is used for lung heat cough; sticky phlegm that is difficult to cough up; infantile convulsions; phlegm congestion and qi reversal; convulsions

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: 50-100ml, reduce the dosage for children.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above are some of the basic functions of Huangjingli introduced to you, as well as the methods of consuming Huangjingli, so that you will not use it wrongly when consuming it, and you can also maximize the value of Huangjingli more correctly.