The efficacy and function of Gongguoteng

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicinal herb, Glehnia littoralis, to you and describe its effects in detail. I hope it will be of some help to your study and research.

【English Name】 Wight Toxocarpus

[Other names] Oxhorn vine, Oxtea vine, Little sheep horn vine, Little sheep horn vine, Wave water willow

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of the Rubus serrata of the family Rutaceae.

[Original form] A weak climbing shrub. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves are opposite, nearly leathery; petiole is about 1cm long, covered with yellow rusty hairs; leaf shape is elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 2.5-5cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, with a sharp tip at the apex, slightly ear-shaped at the base, and glabrous; lateral veins are 5-8 on each side, slightly raised on the back of the leaf. The bifurcated cymes are axillary, only 2 cm long, and almost without peduncle; the calyx is deeply 5-lobed, with off-color hairs on the outside and glands on the inside or not; the corolla is light yellow, rotated, glabrous, and the lobes are narrowly lanceolate; the corona is higher than the anthers, 5 in number, and grown at the base of the gynoecium; there are 2 pollinia in each locule, and the erect stigma is coarsely fusiform and higher than the anthers. The follicles are forked into straight lines, narrowly lanceolate, up to 9 cm long and about 1 cm in diameter, covered with rusty hairs, gradually narrowing towards the top and swollen at the base. The seeds have margins and a white silky hair about 3 cm long at the tip. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from October to January of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in low hilly mountains and plain bushes.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, spicy, cool

【Meridian】 Spleen; Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; removes blood stasis and relieves pain. . Mainly used for carbuncle, swelling, sore, bruises and pain

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: Take appropriate amount of fresh product and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: Used by veterinarians to treat loss of appetite, indigestion, bruises, and swelling in cattle.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Not only does the bow fruit vine have multiple functions, but it can also be eaten in many ways in our lives, so it is loved by many people.