The efficacy and function of sheath flower

The medical value of the sheath flower is beyond our imagination. It is very effective in treating some diseases. The sheath flower contains many substances that are beneficial to the human body. Let’s take a look.

【English name】 Hispid Amischotolype

[Other names] Bamboo grass, Na Nao Hong

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of the Commelinaceae plant.

[Original form] Perennial herb with sheath flowers, 1-1.5m tall. The stem is stout, creeping at the base, with roots at the nodes. Leaves are alternate; the leaf sheath is up to 4 cm long, densely covered with brown-yellow slender hard hairs, with similar hairs at the mouth; the leaf blade is elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, rarely broadly ovate, 15-27 cm long, 3-6 (-8) cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, gradually narrowing at the base into a winged petiole, densely covered with brown-yellow slender hard hairs on both sides and near the edges and the lower half of the main vein on the underside of the leaf. The capitula emerges from the leaf sheath near the base, without a peduncle, usually with dozens of flowers, 2-3 cm in diameter; the bracts are oblong, about 6 mm long, with acute apex and sparse eyelashes; the sepals are 3, separate, narrowly oblong or oblong, 8-12 mm long, with hood-shaped apex and hairy; the flowers are white, membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, about 5 mm long, with obtuse apex; the stamens are 6, fully fertile; the filaments have beaded long hairs at the tip; the ovary is oblong, with several tufts of hard and coarse hairs on the upper part, and the style is linear, about the same length as the ovary. The capsule is obovate-triangular, about 7mm long, covered with hard coarse hairs on the upper part, and with a small pointed tip. There are 2 seeds in each chamber, which are grayish white. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is November-December.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in the shade of hillside forests or under valley forests at an altitude of 1100-1700m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears heat and promotes diuresis; detoxifies. Mainly used for urinary tract infection; urinary difficulty; poisonous snake bite

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 5-30g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: treats rheumatism and bruises.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects of the sheath flower. When using it, you can do it according to the needs mentioned above, and the sheath flower is also very helpful in treating certain diseases.