The efficacy and function of branched edelweiss

The Chinese medicinal herb Branched Peddleton is a relatively good medicinal material. Many people don’t know much about it, so let’s take a detailed look at the Chinese medicinal herb Branched Peddleton below.

[Other names] Fireweed, Fireweed, Artemisia selengensis

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Edelweiss euphorbia which is planted in the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Leontopodium altissima is a perennial herb, 10-80cm tall. The rhizome has short branches, with several to more than 10 clustered peduncles and a few sterile stems of the same shape as the peduncles, and no rosette of leaves. The stem is slightly slender and covered with dense spider-like hairs or grayish-white cottony hairs; axillary buds often grow after flowering, growing up to 10 cm in length and branching with dense leaves. The leaves are broad or narrowly linear, 10-40mm long or longer, 1.3-6.5mm wide, cordate or sagittal at the base, clasping the stem, covered with gray cottony or silky hairs above and white pubescent hairs beneath. There are many bracts, which are about the same length as the leaves on the upper part of the stem and are 2-4 times longer. They are lanceolate or linear, covered with dense white or grayish white hairs on both sides, and develop into star-shaped bract groups with a diameter of 2-7 cm, or have long bract stalks to form several bract groups. The head inflorescence is about 4-5mm in diameter, with 5-30 densely packed, rarely solitary; the involucre is 3-4mm long, covered with dense white long soft hairs; the involucral bracts are about 3 layers, glabrous at the apex, dry membranous, acuminate or nearly rounded, far beyond the hairs; the florets are heteromorphic, with a few female flowers, or dioecious; the corolla is about 3mm long, the male corolla is funnel-shaped; the female corolla is filiform; the pappus is white, slightly yellow at the base; the male corolla is more or less thick on the upper part, with short hair-like dense teeth or fine serrations; the female corolla is filiform, with fine teeth or dense serrations, and the sterile ovary and achenes have nipple-like protrusions or short coarse hairs. Flowering period is June-July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in alpine and subalpine forests, dry shrubs, dry grasslands and meadows at an altitude of 1400-3500m, often growing in patches.

【Nature and flavor】 Light; spicy; warm

【Functions and indications】 Dispel cold and relieve pain. Mainly used for stomach cold; abdominal pain; rheumatic joint pain

【Usage and Dosage】For external use: appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply for moxibustion.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that after reading the above explanations, everyone has a deeper understanding of the Chinese medicinal herb branched edelweiss, right? In fact, many foods or medicinal materials are the same. Only when we understand them can we eat them correctly according to our own situation and effectively help maintain our health.