Do you know about Thalictrum lucidum? It is a common medicinal material. It is usually used as raw material in many places. It can also treat many physical diseases. Let's take a look at the relevant knowledge about Thalictrum lucidum. [Other names] Flowering thrush, horsetail coptis, kidney-leaf thrush (Hebei Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook) [Source] It is the root of the Ranunculaceae plant Thalictrum lucidum . Dig up in autumn, remove the soil, use fresh or dry. [Original morphology] Perennial herb, glabrous. The stem is 20 to 50 cm tall and branched. 3-4 times 3-compound leaves; leaflets obovate, nearly round or rhombus, 3-12 mm long, 2-25 mm wide, 3 shallow to 3 deep lobes, lobes ovate or obovate, entire, veins flat or slightly raised; green above, slightly pinkish white below, with short petioles. The compound monochasium inflorescence is corymbose; the pedicel is 0.5-2.8 cm long; the flower diameter is 1-2 cm; the sepals are 4, white, ovate, 3-5 mm long, and caducous early; there are no petals; the stamens are numerous, 5-12 mm long, the filaments are oblanceolate, wider than the anthers; the carpels are 4-13, the style is short, and the stigma is narrowly elliptic. Achenes are ovate, 4 to 6 mm long, with distinct longitudinal ribs, and persistent styles are straight, about 1 mm long. [Habitat distribution] It grows in hillside shrubs and forest edge grasslands, and is distributed in Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui, Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China. 【Chemical composition】 The root contains a small amount of berberine. 【Nature and flavor】 "Hebei Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook": "cold in nature, bitter in taste." 【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Treat red and white dysentery, carbuncle, boil, and eczema. [Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 3 qian. For external use: grind into powder and sprinkle or apply on affected area. [Additional prescription] ① For the treatment of red and white dysentery: 3 grams of Horsetail Coptis chinensis and 5 grams of Portulaca oleracea. Decoction in water. (Ningxia Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook) 【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》 【Source】 From Hebei Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook In the above article, we introduced what is petal-staple thalictrum and understood the effects and functions of petal-staple thalictrum. Petal-staple thalictrum can improve our immunity. Petal-staple thalictrum also has a therapeutic effect in health care and has many benefits to our body. |
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