The efficacy and function of large-leaf natans

Large-leafed Nashencao is a common medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. So what are the health benefits of large-leafed Nashencao? In what aspects of daily life is large-leafed Nashencao widely used? Let's take a brief look at large-leafed Nashencao.

【English name】 all grass of Lax-flower Tickclover

[Other names] Road leech, sticky clothes grass, mountain leech, wild edamame, sheep belt leech, white flower hungry leech, hungry leech, water inverted

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Decimus sparsely flowered.

[Original form] Sparse mountain leech semi-shrub, 50-120cm high. The stem is slender and densely covered with short, soft hairs. The leaves are trifoliate, with leaflets ovate or elliptic, 5-17cm long, 3-8.5cm wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate, rounded or shallowly cordate at the base, with sparse hairs on the upper side and densely covered with short, flat, soft hairs on the lower side. Axillary racemes or terminal panicles, up to 28 cm long, with sparse flowers; calyx 2-3 mm long, lanceolate calyx teeth, densely pubescent; corolla purple, keel with wrinkled appendages; 10 stamens, disarticulate. The pods are 2-5.5cm long, densely covered with hooked short soft hairs, with the dorsal and ventral sutures slightly constricted at the nodes, and with 4-12 pod nodes, which are oblong. The flowering period is August-September, and the fruiting period is October-November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on hillside grasslands or forest edges.

[Properties] The stem is cylindrical, 50-100cm long, densely covered with short soft hairs, with inconspicuous edges, brittle texture, and the pith is obvious on the broken surface. Trifoliate leaves, 3 leaflets, ovate or elliptical, acute at apex, rounded base, entire, 4.5-15cm long, 3-6.2cm wide, withered green surface, hairy on the lower surface, and smaller leaflets on both sides. The air is weak. Pods can sometimes be seen, 1.8-5.8cm long, with 4-12 nodes, constricted at the nodes, and the surface densely covered with hooked yellow-brown hairs. The air is weak.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; neutral

【Meridian】 Stomach; Large Intestine

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, soothe the liver, clear away heat, promote dampness removal and detoxify. Mainly used for traumatic injuries, hypertension, stomach inflammation, nephritis edema, bladder stones, allergic dermatitis, syphilis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct 15-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant is used for stomachache, diarrhea, and dysentery.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In general, the effect of large-leafed Nashencao is quite significant. It is precisely because large-leafed Nashencao has so many health-preserving effects that the application of large-leafed Nashencao in health-preserving life can be said to be quite high.