The efficacy and function of Glechoma longituba

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose it with confidence. However, when choosing Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the traditional Chinese medicine Dianthus glabra.

【English name】 root of Smoothleaf Stephania

[Source] Medicinal material source: The tuberous root of the plant of the genus Thicket of the family Menispermaceae.

[Original form] Smooth-leaved ground-intolerant vine. Root tuberous. The stems are herbaceous, hollow and striated. Simple leaves are alternate; petiole is 5-15cm long or longer; leaf blade is papery or membranous, broadly ovate or nearly round, 4-14cm long, 4-12cm wide, with rounded base, slightly angular upper edge, glabrous on both sides, pale beneath; 5 palmate veins upward, convex beneath. Male inflorescences are axillary or borne on leafless old branches, with a peduncle 4-8cm long, usually with 6 slender umbels; pedicels are filiform; sepals, 3 outer ones are linear-oblong, 3 inner ones are inverted spoon-shaped; petals are 3, thick, inverted spoon-shaped, often 3-lobed at the apex, with small granular glands above the middle; polyanthemum stamens are 1.50-2mm long. Infructescence with contracted pedicel, 1.5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0.5-0.8 mm long. The drupe is obovate and flat, with 20-25 small transverse ribs on the upper side of the mid-rib on the back of the pit, which are thin and thickened at both ends. Flowering period is June-July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in river valley thickets.

【Nature and flavor】 Pungent; bitter; cold

【Entry】 Lung; Spleen

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind and promote the circulation of water; reduce swelling and detoxify. Mainly used for rheumatic pain, small swelling, intestinal swelling and infection

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Tibetan Medicinal Plants": The root tuber of this product tastes pungent and bitter, and is cold in nature. It has the functions of dispelling wind, promoting the circulation of water, reducing swelling and detoxifying.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Glechoma longituba. Glechoma longituba is of great help to human diseases, but it is worth noting that we should use symptomatic medication according to our personal physical condition and avoid indiscriminate consumption.