Efficacy and function of Ere

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about the Chinese medicine Elei.

[Source] It is the whole herb with flowers of the Gentianaceae plant , Gentianaceae . Collect when flowering and dry in the sun.

[Original form] Annual herb, 20 to 30 cm high. The stem is quadrangular and branched. The leaves are opposite, sessile, lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 cm long and 4 to 6 mm wide. Flowers are axillary or terminal, many-flowered, with 5-lobed calyx; corolla is white or lavender, 5-lobed, and the tube is slender; there are 5 stamens, anthers are oblong, and curl spirally after flowering. The capsule is long columnar and blooms from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in lake basins, moist and salinized sandy lands in desert areas. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Treat hepatitis, cholecystitis, headache, fever, toothache, and tonsillitis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 2 to 3 qian; or grind into powder.

[Additional prescription] For treating headache, fever, toothache and tonsillitis: Take equal parts of Elephedrine, Gardenia, Peach-colored Ladyweed and Coptis chinensis, grind into powder, take 5 fen each time, twice a day.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Medicinal Plants in China's Desert Areas"

The utilization rate of Elei in traditional Chinese medicine is still very high, and it can be used to treat a variety of diseases. We should consume it after fully understanding the effects and functions of Elei. I hope everyone doesn’t eat carelessly.