The efficacy and function of the road shock

Guolujing can not only supplement the body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate the body's various functions. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about Guolujing.

【English name】Fourangled Bredia

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

[Original form] Small shrub, 0.3-1.2m high. The plant is cylindrical or slightly quadrangular, and the branchlets are quadrangular, with narrow wings on the ridges and are glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole 5-15mm long; leaf blade hard papery, ovate to elliptic, 2.5-5cm long, 1.5-2.5cm wide, apex short acuminate, obtuse, base cuneate, margin shallowly serrated or nearly entire, glabrous on both sides; basal veins 3, slightly concave on the surface, raised on the back, lateral veins inconspicuous. The inflorescence is in the form of a cyme, axillary at the top of the branches, with 3-9 flowers, slightly more, and glabrous; the pedicel is about 5mm long and curved downward; the flowers are 4 in number, the calyx is short-bell-shaped, with 4 edges, about 2.5mm long, the lobes are shallowly wavy, and the tip has a small short tip; the petals are rose to purple, ovate, with an acute tip, slightly oblique, about 5mm long and about 3mm wide; there are 4 long and 4 short stamens, the longer one is about 8.5mm, the anther is lanceolate, sickle-shaped, about 3.5mm long, the septum is decurrent with a short stalk, the shorter one is about 7mm long, the anther is about 3mm long, with a small tubercle at the base, and the connective is decurrent with a short spur; the ovary is semi-inferior, oblate, with 4 shallowly lobed protrusions at the tip, and is glabrous. The fruit is cup-shaped, quadrangular, with a truncate tip, exposing the persistent calyx. The persistent calyx is shallowly cup-shaped, quadrangular, and crowned with shallowly wavy persistent sepals at the tip, about 3mm long and 4mm in diameter. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on hillsides at an altitude of 300-1400m, under forests in valleys, in wet places or on roadsides.

[Pharmacological action] Experiments have shown that levofloxacin has a synergistic effect with a variety of sedatives and hypnotics.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; slightly cold

【Functions and indications】 Extinguish wind and calm the nerves. Infant convulsions; crying at night; night crying

【Usage and Dosage】 Oral administration: 6-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: used for infantile convulsions and night crying.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above only introduces some of the functions and effects of passing through. In fact, it also has other effects, which I will not introduce here one by one. If you are interested, you can take a look at the effects and matters recorded in medical books.