The efficacy and function of Datianjihuang [picture]

Recently, major TV channels have launched various health programs, and food programs have also introduced special health-preserving dietary therapy methods. All aspects show that the concept of health preservation is gradually deepening in people's understanding. Now we will introduce a health-preserving medicinal material, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae [Picture].

[Other names] Xingxiucai, barefoot grass, red root grass, red root, red foot grass, red stem grass, yellow-foot chicken, eel grass, dwarf peach grass, scattered blood grass

[Source] It is the red-rooted fortuneweed Lysimachia fortunei Maxim. of the Primulaceae family. The whole plant is used as medicine. Harvest in summer and autumn, wash, dry, cut into sections or tie into bundles for later use.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30 to 70 cm tall. The rhizome is slender, brown-red, and has creeping branches. The stem is erect, weak, often branched, light brown with red at the base and small black spots. The leaves are alternate, with short petioles, oblong-lanceolate or broad-lanceolate, 4-9 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, gradually pointed at both ends, entire, green above with black glandular spots, light green below, and the midrib slightly prominent. It blooms from May to July. The racemes are terminal, slender and weak, up to 10 cm long, with slightly glandular hairs; the pedicels are 1 to 3 mm long; the bracts are triangular-lanceolate, about 2 mm long; the sepals are about half the length of the corolla, obtuse, with ciliate edges, membranous, and with black spots in the middle; the corolla is deeply 5-lobed, white, and the lobes are ovate; there are 5 stamens, shorter than the corolla; the style is slightly shorter than the stamens. The fruit is spherical and the fruit stalk is longer than the fruit.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on hillsides, stream banks, and low grass and wet places. Distributed in various provinces and regions in East China and Central and South my country.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter, astringent, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness, promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation. Used for colds, cough with hemoptysis, enteritis, dysentery, hepatitis, malnutrition, malaria, rheumatic joint pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, leucorrhea; mastitis, conjunctivitis, snake bites, and traumatic injuries.

[Usage and Dosage] 0.5-1 liang; for external use, mash the fresh product and apply to the affected area.

[Additional prescription] 1. Bacterial dysentery: 1 liang of Radix Glehniae, 7 qian each of Houttuynia cordata and Herba Pteris crus-reticulatae, decocted in water and taken orally, 2 doses per day.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

[Source] This product was first recorded in "Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities", and its original name was red silky root. Wu Qijun said: "The red silky hairy root is produced in the plains of Raozhou. The brown stem is more than one foot high, with branches growing from the stem. The leaves are like mint leaves, light green and without teeth. The flowers bloom in spikes at the end of the branches, which are as thin as millet, bluish-white, three or four inches long, and drooping down." To sum up, and looking at the attached picture, it is very similar to the red root grass of the Primulaceae family.

Everyone should know the effects and functions of Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae [Picture]. Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae [Picture] has high medicinal value and is a very common Chinese medicinal material. It is very good for our body.