The efficacy and function of the eight-clawed golden dragon [picture]

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, the eight-clawed golden dragon [picture], so what are the effects and functions of the eight-clawed golden dragon [picture]? Let me introduce it to you today.

[Other names] Hundred taels of gold, eight-clawed dragon, eight-clawed root, iron umbrella, high eight-clawed, open throat arrow [Sichuan]

[Source] It is Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) DC. [A. hortorum Maxim ; A. henryi Hemsl.], a plant of the Myrsinaceae family. Its roots and leaves are used as medicine. Collected in summer and autumn.

[Original form] Evergreen semi-shrub, up to 1 meter tall. The root is woody, slender columnar, branched, purplish brown, with a reddish cross section and small brown spots. The stem is less branched and the outer bark is gray-brown. Simple leaves are alternate and membranous; petiole is 8-15 mm long; leaf blade is lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 9-20 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, acuminate at apex, broadly cuneate at base, margin nearly entire or wavy, often slightly curled, with small transparent oil spots on both sides and leaf margins. In summer, small purple flowers bloom at the tips of the stems, with several flowers arranged in axillary umbels, and the peduncle is about 6 cm long; the pedicels are slender, 1-2 cm long, densely covered with short glandular hairs; the calyx is 5-lobed, with lobes ovate-lanceolate; the corolla is bell-shaped, 5-parted, with lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate; there are 5 stamens, inserted at the base of the corolla, with extremely short filaments and arrow-shaped anthers; the ovary is superior, the style is slender, and the stigma is small. The drupe is spherical, 5-7 mm in diameter, scarlet when ripe, with reddish-brown spots, with a persistent calyx at the base and often with style remnants at the top; 1 seed.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in low mountain forests or in the shade and wet places of valleys. Distributed in Gansu, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.

[Chemical composition] The root contains ardisia acid (C ₃₆ H ₆₄ O ₁₆ ), bergenin (C ₁₄ H ₁₆ O ₉ , 2-tetrahydroxybutyl-4,6-dihydroxy-5-methoxyisocoumarin), p-hydroxybenzoic acid and bioalkali. It is also said that the root contains myrsinic acid A and B.

[Preparation] Sun-dried.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, neutral.

[Functions and indications] Clears the throat, relieves blood stasis and reduces swelling. Indications: sore throat, bruises, rheumatic bone pain.

[Usage and Dosage] 3-5 coins for both the root and leaves.

[Additional prescription] 1. Acute tonsillitis: 4 qian each of Octopus japonicus root and Belamcanda chinensis, decocted in water and taken orally.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that the Eight-clawed Golden Dragon [Picture] plays a very important role in treating some diseases. The consumption of the traditional Chinese medicine Octopus Golden Dragon [Picture] should also be determined according to one's own physical condition. Remember not to take the medicine blindly.