The efficacy and function of Chenopodium album[Picture]

The Chinese medicinal material, Chenopodium album [picture], is a very good Chinese medicinal material. Chenopodium album [picture] has a very good effect in regulating the body and is also widely used in medicine. Let’s take a look together.

【Alias】Xuejianchou [Northeast]

[Source] It is a hybrid of Chenopodium hybridum L., a plant of the genus Chenopodium in the family Chenopodiaceae, and its above-ground parts are used as medicine. In summer, cut the whole grass from the ground, cut it into sections, dry it for later use or use it fresh.

[Original form] Annual herb, 0.3 to 1.2 meters high. Stem erect, stout, simple or branched above, with 5 sharp edges, glabrous. The leaves are simple and alternate, with long petioles, 2 to 7 cm long; the leaves are thin, ovate, broadly ovate or triangular ovate, 4 to 15 cm long, 2 to 12 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, slightly cordate or nearly truncated at the base, with irregular wavy shallow cracks on the edges, pointed lobes, and glabrous. Small green flowers bloom in autumn, in sparse large panicles terminal or axillary, flowers are bisexual or female; style 5-lobed, lobes ovate, obtuse at the apex, membranous edges, with longitudinal ridges on the back; 5 stamens. The utricle is membranous, biconvex, with honeycomb-like four to hexagonal veins. The seeds are oblate, black, dull, with obvious pits, and about 2 mm in diameter.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in the grass near villages, vegetable fields and forest edges. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, neutral.

【Functions and indications】Regulate menstruation and stop bleeding. Used for irregular menstruation, functional uterine bleeding, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, and hematuria.

【Usage and Dosage】 1 to 3 coins.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

After reading the above detailed introduction to the efficacy and functions of large-leaf Chenopodium album [Picture], I believe many friends have already known the benefits of large-leaf Chenopodium album [Picture]. It can be seen that Chenopodium album [picture] is very beneficial to our human body. If you need it, you might as well give it a try.