The efficacy and function of white asarum

Chinese medicine has different effects on our body and can regulate our body. Today we will introduce a Chinese medicine: White Asarum. What are its specific effects and functions? Let’s take a look.

[Alias] Bessie flower (Taxonomy of Chinese Seed Plants).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Cimicifuga simplicifolia, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 40 to 60 cm tall. The rhizome is up to 10 cm long. The leaves are basal, cordate or reniform, 5-9 cm long, 4-16 cm wide, with rounded or acuminate apex, serrated margins, cordate or lobe-shaped bases, sometimes close to each other, glabrous on both surfaces or occasionally sparsely pubescent along the veins on the underside; the petiole can be up to 22 cm long. The pedicel is 14 to 48 cm high, densely covered with short soft hairs on the upper part; the compound cyme is conical; the bracts are several, lanceolate; the flowers are white, about 1 cm in diameter, and there are 5 perianths, which are ovate to narrowly elliptical; there are many stamens; the carpels are solitary, and the follicles are long rectangular, flat, up to 1.5 cm in size and about 3 mm in width, with a hooked protrusion at the tip and fine soft hairs on the surface. Flowering period is from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in the shade under the forest. Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi and other places.

【Nature and flavor】Warm in nature, spicy in taste, non-toxic.

【Functions and indications】Analgesic, dispel wind and cold. Treat rheumatic pain in muscles and bones, back and leg pain, dizziness and toothache.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 1 to 3 qian; or soaked in wine.

[Additional prescription] For treating toothache: White asarum, gypsum, Rehmannia root, Isatis root, Imperata root. Decoction in water. (The following properties and flavors are from Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Now you know the function of white asarum. I didn’t know that white asarum was such a valuable thing before, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. So in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.