The efficacy and function of delphinium flowers

Delphinium is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has high medicinal value and has a good health-care effect on some diseases. In our lives, many medicines use delphinium flowers as the main ingredient, but there are still many taboos that need to be paid attention to when taking delphinium flowers.

[Other names] Aconitum carmichaelii (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities), Cat's Eye Flower (Bulletin of Chinese Materia Medica (3) 6: 251, 1957), Codonopsis pilosula (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine), Stemona japonica (Illustrated Guide to Higher Plants of China), Delphinium herbaceum (Handbook of Plateau Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment), Pigeon Flower (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Northeast China), Parrot Grass (Handbook of Gansu Chinese Herbal Medicine), Yuzhu Sewa (Tibetan name).

[Source] The whole herb or root of Delphinium, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. Harvest in July and August, rinse, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

[Original form] Delphinium, also known as: large-flowered delphinium.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on hillsides, grasslands, and fixed sand dunes. Distributed in Yunnan, Shanxi, Hebei, Ningxia, Sichuan, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang, Tibet and other places.

[Chemical composition] The above-ground part contains the bioalkali methyltaurocholine.

[Properties and flavors] "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Northeast China": "bitter, cold, and poisonous."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Northeast China": "Purges fire, relieves pain, kills insects."

[Usage and Dosage] For external use: decoct in water for gargling, mash into juice for washing; or grind into powder and mix with water for application.

【Note】 Do not take internally.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat toothache caused by wind-heat: 5 fen to 1 qian of delphinium. Decoction in water and gargle with it, do not swallow. (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Northeast China)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is an introduction to Delphinium flowers. Through this introduction we can understand that Delphinium flowers have high medicinal value and can effectively relieve many diseases, but remember not to take them indiscriminately.