The efficacy and function of red hairy leaf water chestnut

As a traditional Chinese medicine, do you know the medicinal value of Red-Leaf Water Chestnut? How does Chinese medicine use Red-Leaf Water Chestnut to treat diseases? And what should you pay attention to when using Red-Leaf Water Chestnut to treat diseases in daily life? Don't worry, we will answer them one by one for you.

【English name】 Root of Elegant Ainsliaea

[Other names] Rabbit ear wind, hairy leaf horse hoof fragrance

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots, rhizomes or leaves of the Asteraceae plant.

[Original form] The red-haired horse-hoof fragrance is a perennial herb, 30-60cm tall. The rhizome is short and has many fibrous roots. Leaves are basal; petioles are 10-20cm long; leaves are ovate-lanceolate, slightly leathery, 5-15cm long, 4-9cm wide, with rounded or acuminate apex, shallowly cordate base, margins densely covered with brown-yellow rough hairs and small teeth, dark green above, and densely covered with thick white wool below. The stem is erect, purple-red, with brown-yellow strigosus, which becomes thinner later; most of the flower heads are densely packed into compound racemes; the peduncle is thin; the bracts are several layers, arranged in a shingle-like manner, and are membranous, with the outer layer slightly smaller; each flower head has about 2-flowered flowers, drooping; the corolla is white and deeply lobed. Achenes are about 4mm long and pubescent; pappus are dirty white, feathery, and about 5mm long.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in the cracks of rocks in the forest.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; bitter; cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and resolves phlegm; dispels wind and relieves pain. Mainly used for cold and fever; cough due to lung heat; rheumatism and pain; traumatic injuries

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-6g; or soaked in wine.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Root: used for children's pneumonia, indigestion, rheumatism, and traumatic injuries.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

It can be seen that the medicinal value of red-haired leaf water chestnut is still very obvious. However, not everyone can use the red-leaf water chestnut. We can judge based on our own physical condition.