The efficacy and function of dwarf currant

Traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive, and Chinese medicinal materials account for a large proportion of it. Do you know dwarf gooseberry? What are its effects and functions, and how to eat it? I believe many people are very interested in it. Let me tell you one by one below.

【English name】 swamp Currant

[Alias] Yellow-fruited dwarf tea ribes.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Saxifraga dwarfus plant of the Saxifragaceae family.

[Original form] Yellow-fruited dwarf tea is a deciduous shrub, thornless, about 1m tall. Branchlets thin, reddish. Simple leaves, alternate; leaf blades are round or ovate, about 2.5cm long, 3 shallowly lobed, with smaller side lobes, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, with blunt teeth at the margin, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious; inflorescence is racemose and erect; calyx tube is purple-red, with 4 lobes, petal-like; 4 petals, purple; 4 stamens, alternate with petals; ovary is inferior, 1-chambered, with 2 styles. The berries are spherical, yellow, juicy, and crowned with a persistent calyx tube at the apex. Seeds with endosperm. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on hillsides at an altitude of about 2300m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; neutral

【Meridian】 Lung and bladder meridians

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind and clear away heat. Mainly used for cold, fever and cough.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] 1. “Catalogue of Chinese Herbal Medicine Resources in Liangshan Prefecture”: It has the function of detoxification. Used for colds.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the detailed introduction of dwarf currant, I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense in life.