The efficacy and function of red hudouqi

Red Hudouqi is a very common medicinal material in life. It can be used to make medicated food and medicine. Red Hudouqi has a wide range of uses, so you can choose it with confidence. Let’s take a look at it together.

[Alias] Invincible, Very Invincible, Dahongpao, Tianhuangqi.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Sedum serrulate, a plant of the Crassulaceae family.

[Original morphology] Sedum serrulate is a perennial herb. The whole plant is hairless. The fibrous roots are long. The sterile branches are obliquely ascending, 5-10cm long, and the flower stems are 10-30cm high. The leaves on the sterile branches are opposite or in whorls of 3, often clustered at the top of the branches; the leaves on the flower stems are alternate or opposite, ovate or elliptical, 2-5cm long, 1.2-2.8cm wide, slightly acute or obtuse at the apex, with sparse and irregular teeth on the margin, and acute at the base. Inflorescence cymes, branches scorpion tail-like; flowers sessile; sepals 5-6, triangular linear, 2-2.5mm long; petals 5-6, yellow, lanceolate-oblong or almost ovate, 5-7mm long, 1.7-2mm wide, with a long muko at the tip; scales 5-6, nearly square; carpels 5-6, nearly erect, ovate-oblong, 3-4mm long, fused at the base 0.5-0.7mm, and slightly shallowly sac-shaped on the ventral surface. Fruit follicles, spreading horizontally, 5 mm long. Many seeds. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in rock cracks in the shade and wet places on hillsides at an altitude of 300-1200m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly spicy; astringent; cool

【Functions and indications】 Disperses blood stasis and stops bleeding; clears away heat and detoxifies. It is used to treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, traumatic injury, bruises and pain, fractures, hemoptysis due to tuberculosis, hemoptysis, blood in stool, bleeding due to metal wounds, sores, boils, and swelling.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction 9-15g. For external use: apply appropriate amount, grind into powder and sprinkle; or mash fresh product and apply on the affected area.

【Note】 Pregnant women should take with caution.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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