The efficacy and function of red piercing stone

In fact, the occurrence of many human diseases is closely related to diet. If you want to have a healthy body, diet therapy is a very good method. Various Chinese medicinal materials play a very critical role. Today we will introduce to you the Chinese medicine Hongchuanposhi.

[Alias] Menggongci.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots and leaves of the Amur oak of the family Caryophyllaceae.

[Original form] Oak oak in the mountains is an evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 10m tall. Branchlets yellow villous or glabrous. Leaves are alternate; petiole is 7-10cm long; leaves are leathery, elliptic to oblong, 5-15cm long, 3-6cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, green and shiny above, brown and glabrous when dry, lighter below, covered with yellow long soft hairs or glabrous; margin is coarsely serrated; lateral veins are 5-6 pairs. The racemes are axillary, dioecious, 1.5-3cm long, and covered with yellow short soft hairs; the bracts are lanceolate, about 1.5mm long; there are 4 sepals, ovate, about 2.5mm long; there are no petals; the male flowers have 10-25 stamens, and the disk is composed of many glands located outside the stamens; the female flower ovary is ovate, 1-chambered, with 2 parietal placentas, each with 2-3 ovules; the style is slender, and the stigma is not obviously 2-lobed. The berry is spherical, 3-8mm in diameter, with a persistent style at the tip. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in open limestone mountains or earth slopes at an altitude of 150-2200m.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; cold

【Functions and indications】 Disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling; cools blood and stops bleeding. Mainly used for traumatic injuries; fractures; dislocations; traumatic bleeding; vomiting blood; burns

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application; or grind it into powder and sprinkle it on the affected area.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Based on the above summary, Hongchuanposhi still has certain pharmacological effects. What needs to be noted is that Hongchuanposhi should be consumed according to one's actual situation and not in excess.