The efficacy and function of Metasequoia macrophylla

Metasequoia is a very common Chinese medicine and also a very important medicinal material. We need to pay attention to it. When using Metasequoia grandiflora, it can be combined with other medicines, and we need to take it appropriately according to our physical condition. Let’s take a look at the main effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Metasequoia gracile.

[Other names] Seven-section wind, bamboo leaf vegetable,

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Commelina large-bracta, a plant of the Commelinaceae family.

[Original form] Large-bract Commelina, a perennial upright and sturdy herb, about 80cm tall. Unbranched or branched at the top, young branches with a strip of brown pubescence on one side, which later becomes glabrous. Leaves are alternate; leaf blades are lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 10-16cm long, 2-4.5cm wide, with long and gradually pointed tips, gradually narrowing bases, and covered with sparse soft hairs or short bristles on both sides; leaf sheaths are broad, 2.5-3cm long, 0.8-1.5cm wide, with edges densely covered with long brown eyelashes. Several bracts are gathered in a head shape at the top of the stem, with the lower edge fused into a flat funnel shape, about 2 cm long; the cyme has 3-7 flowers with short stalks; the sepals are 3, membranous, lanceolate, about 5 mm long; the petals are 3, blue, membranous, spoon-shaped or obovate, 5-8 mm long, about 4 mm wide, and the inner 2 petals have claws; there are 6 stamens, 3 of which are developed, and the filaments are glabrous; the ovary is nearly elliptical and 3-chambered. The capsule is obovate-triangular, about 4 mm long, 3-lobed, and contains 1 seed in each chamber. Seeds oval. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from September to December.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Born in the shade and wet places under the forests on stream banks, valleys and hillsides at an altitude of (110-)1000-2000(-2700)m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, cold

【Functions and indications】Diuresis and detumescence; clearing away heat and detoxifying; cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is used for edema, beriberi, dysuria, hematuria due to heat, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, dysentery, sore throat, erysipelas, carbuncle, ulcer, snake and insect bites.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g, fresh product 30-45g; or mash the juice and swallow. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Metoprolol. I hope it can be of some help to you. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. When treating diseases, we need to choose different medicines according to the different diseases to better help the body relieve troubles.