The efficacy and function of red-haired horse fetus

Red-haired horse fetus is a common Chinese medicine. It can be used for medicinal purposes as well as for food. Moreover, the effects and functions of red-haired horse fetus are quite comprehensive. Let's take a look at it together.

[Alias] Maogaogang (Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbs), Red Gallbladder (Survey of Medicinal Plants in Guizhou), Red Hair Needle, Hairy Umbrella, Tiger Tongue, Carpet, Red Carpet Grass (List of Medicinal Plants in Guangxi), Tiger Tongue Red, Wild Boar Fear, Red Carpet (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbs for Guangzhou Troops), Red Hair Crossing the River, Hairy Umbrella (Guangxi Chinese Herbs), Red Felt, Red Eight Dates, Short Flowers, Meaty Eight Dates, Red Eight Claws (Selected Chinese Herbs in Yunnan).

[Source] The whole plant of Ardisia oleifera of the Myrsinaceae family . Harvest in summer and autumn, wash and dry.

[Original form] Small shrub, 15 to 25 cm high. The stem is erect or ascending, unbranched, and densely covered with multicellular long hairs at the top. The leaves are clustered at the top; obovate or elliptic-oblong, 6-13 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, gradually pointed or obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, with sparse wavy round teeth on the margin, countless black glands on the upper and lower surfaces, protruding like nipples, each with a brown multicellular long hair, 11 pairs of lateral veins, not obvious; petiole 8-10 mm long, densely covered with brown hairs. The rachis is nearly terminal, 4 to 8 cm long, with a nearly umbel borne at the end, the inflorescence densely covered with brown multicellular long hairs; there are 4 to 5 flowers, 1 to 2 involucral leaves; the pedicel is 8 to 12 mm long, the bracts are lanceolate; the calyx is narrow, 5 mm long, and hairy; the corolla is red, the lobes are ovate or lanceolate, 6 mm long, and pointed. Berry-like drupe, spherical. Flowering period is May.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in mountains and under forests in valleys. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, pungent, cool.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. It is used to treat dysentery, hepatitis, cholecystitis, rheumatism, injuries from falls, hemoptysis, hematemesis, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, malnutrition in children, and pain from sores, boils, carbuncles, and swellings.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: decocted in water, 3 to 5 qian; or soaked in wine. For external use: grind into powder and apply on skin.

【Note】 Pregnant women should not take this medicine.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat wind-cold-dampness, and joint pain: one liang of red-haired horse placenta, one liang of stone phoenix dan, one liang of angelica sinensis root, five qian of Hovenia dulcis, five qian of Radix Cyathulae, one liang of monkey bone, three qian of red living hemp, and four qian of red Achyranthes bidentata. Soak in wine and drink. Take half a cup every evening. (Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbs)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbs".

Above we introduced what red-haired horse placenta is. We know that red-haired horse placenta has very comprehensive effects and functions, so we can use red-haired horse placenta as a means of regulating the body in daily life.