The efficacy and function of stone tea

Stone tea is a medicinal material and is quite common in life. We can consume stone tea appropriately. Since many people don’t know much about stone tea, let’s take a look at it below.

[Other names] Stone mustard, stone mustard

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Gesneriaceae.

[Original morphology] Southeastern long-capsule lettuce is a perennial herb. The rhizome is cylindrical, about 4 cm long. There are 4-16 leaves, all basal; petiole is 1.8-8cm long, strong, with short rough hairs; leaf blade is papery, oblong or oblong-elliptical, 2.2-10cm long, 1-3.6cm wide, with acute or slightly pointed apex, cuneate base, densely dentate margin, short procumbent hairs on both sides, and 5-7 lateral veins on each side. The inflorescence is corymbose, with 2-4 lobes, 2-3 times branched, and the first lobes are short and procumbent; the calyx is 4.5-7mm long, 5-lobed to the base, the lobes are narrowly linear, with short procumbent hairs on the outside and glabrous on the inside; the corolla is 1.5-2cm long, with short soft hairs on the outside and nearly glabrous on the inside, and is simply narrowly campanulate; the upper lip is 3-5mm long, 2-lobed to the middle, and the lobes are obliquely flat triangular; the lower lip is 3-lobed to the middle, and the lobes are ovate; the stamens are glabrous, the anthers are elliptical, and there are 2 reduced stamens, about 0.5mm long; the disk is annular; the pistil is about 1.6cm long, sparsely covered with small glands; the ovary is sessile, and the stigma is flattened spherical. Capsule linear, 2-3.4cm long, glabrous. Seeds narrowly elliptical or fusiform, 0.4-0.5 mm long. The flowering period is around April.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows under forests in valleys or on rocks on hillsides or cliffs.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; cool

【Functions and indications】Disperses wind-heat and detoxifies. Mainly affected by wind-heat; nasal congestion and runny nose; sneezing; coughing

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Nowadays, people's life pressure is constantly increasing, which makes our bodies often in a state of fatigue. Stone tea, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has a certain conditioning effect on the body. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.