The efficacy and function of the herb

In fact, the occurrence of many human diseases is closely related to diet. If you want to have a healthy body, diet therapy is a very good method. Various Chinese medicinal materials play a very critical role. Today we will introduce to you the Chinese medicine ground ivy.

【English name】 HERBA EUPHORBIAE HUMIFUSAE

[Other names] Milkweed, ground brocade, ground red, blood-seeing sorrow, egg-lying grass, bird-lying eggs, insect-lying eggs

[Source] This product is the dried whole herb of Euphorbia humifusa Willd. or Euphorbia maculata L. , which belong to the Euphorbiaceae family . Harvest in summer and autumn, remove impurities and dry in the sun.

[Properties] Ground ivy: often wrinkled and curled, with small roots. The stem is thin and forked-branched, with a purple-red surface, smooth and hairless or sparsely covered with white fine hairs; it is brittle and easy to break, with a yellow-white cross section and is hollow. Simple leaves are opposite, with light red short petioles or almost sessile; the leaves are mostly wrinkled or fallen off, and become oblong when flattened, 5-10mm long and 4-6mm wide; green or purplish red, usually glabrous or sparsely covered with fine soft hairs; the apex is obtuse, the base is oblique, and the edge is serrated or wavy. Cup-shaped cymes are axillary and small. The capsule is triangular spherical with a smooth surface. The seeds are small, oval and brown. Odorless, slightly astringent taste.

【Identification】 The powder of this product is green-brown. The outer wall of leaf epidermal cells has papillary protrusions. In the mesophyll tissue, the cells around the ends of the veinlets are arranged radially in circles. Non-glandular hairs have 3 to 8 cells, about 14 μm in diameter, and are mostly broken. Small flake-like starch granules can be seen in the unsegmented laticifers.

[Processing] Remove impurities, spray with clean water, moisten slightly, cut into sections, and dry in the sun.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy, neutral.

[return through meridians] return the liver and large intestine meridians.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and stops bleeding. Used for dysentery, diarrhea, hemoptysis, hematuria, bloody stool, metrorrhagia, sores, furuncles and carbuncles.

【Usage and Dosage】 9-20g; 30-60g for fresh product. For external use, apply in appropriate amount.

【Storage】Place in ventilated and dry place.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

【Source】 Jiayou Materia Medica

Based on the above summary, Earth ivy still has certain pharmacological effects. What needs to be noted is that Earth ivy should be consumed according to one's actual situation and not in excess.