The efficacy and role of abortion-preserving drugs

Pregnancy-stabilizing drugs are one of the common traditional Chinese medicines in our country. The history of their use is very long. Many ancient medical books have records of them. Pregnancy-stabilizing drugs have good edible and medicinal value. Let’s take a look.

[Alias] Bone grass, scare grass.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the sessile herb of the Oxalidaceae family.

[Original form] Sessile perennial evergreen herb, up to 12cm in height. The stem is cylindrical, brown, and covered with brown-yellow fine hairs. The leaves are even-pinnate compound leaves, green-yellow in color, clustered at the top of the stem. When touched, the petioles and leaflets hang down like mimosa. The leaflets are opposite, oblong, oblique, 0.5-1cm long, 0.3-0.8cm wide, with a convex tip and a truncated base. The pinnate veins are obviously raised on the back of the leaf, and the margin is entire. The petiole is very short when young, the total petiole is sparsely hairy, and has a longitudinal groove on the upper surface. Umbels grow in clusters at the tips, with stalks 2.5-5.5cm long and covered with yellow hairs. The flowers are small and yellow, and the fruit is an oblong capsule. The flowering period is from May to October, and the fruiting period is from June to November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in sparse woods and thickets at an altitude of 1200-1600m.

【Nature and flavor】 Astringent; warm; slightly toxic

【Entry】 Spleen; Kidney meridian

【Functions and indications】Warms the spleen and stabilizes pregnancy; replenishes Qi and lifts qi. Mainly for fetal movement disorder; spleen enlargement; internal bleeding; rectal prolapse; uterine prolapse

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 2-3g. For external use: take appropriate amount and decoct in water for washing.

【Note】 "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Avoid sour and cold."

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In the above article, we introduced the pregnancy-preserving drugs and their characteristics. We can know that pregnancy-preserving drugs have very good efficacy and functions, and they have played a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role in many diseases. I hope this will be helpful to everyone’s health.