The efficacy and function of radish kidney

Friends who don’t know about radish kidney will not understand its effects and functions. radish kidney is a traditional Chinese medicine. Many people only know it in terms of its shape, so it is difficult to understand what benefits radish kidney can really bring to people’s health. We need to have a deep understanding of radish kidney as a medicinal material.

【English name】

Ballflowerconehead

【Alias】

Radix Pseudostellariae, Radix Adenophorae

【source】

Medicinal material source: the root or whole herb of the Acanthaceae plant Rhizoma Cyperi.

[Original form]

The radish kidney is a perennial herb, 20-40cm high. Rod-shaped fleshy root strips, 4-5mm in diameter. The stem is erect or slightly inclined at the base, with slightly swollen nodes, covered with short soft hairs or nearly glabrous. Leaves are paired; leaf blades are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 7-15cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, with acuminate apex, base cuneate and extending downward into a petiole, margin with wavy shallow round teeth, black on the upper surface when dry, densely covered with linear stalactites; leaf veins are 7-9 pairs. The spike inflorescence grows at the base of the branches, about 2 cm long; the bracts are obovate-elliptical, about 1.5 cm long, and persistent; the calyx is deeply lobed into 5 parts almost to the base, the lobes are linear, about 1 cm long, and the bracts and calyx lobes are covered with white or light brown long soft hairs; the corolla is funnel-shaped, 3.5-4.5 cm long, and light purple. The corolla tube is straight, the throat is enlarged and bell-shaped, glabrous on the outside, and has 2 lobed fine hairs on the inside; there are 4 stamens, didyna, the outer pair of filaments is longer than the inner pair, the base of the filaments is connected by a membrane, covered with short hairs, the ovary is superior, and the style is covered with short soft hairs. Capsule oblong, glabrous. There are 4 seeds, oval and grooved. The flowering period is July-August, and the fruiting period is September-November.

【Habitat distribution】

Ecological environment: Grown on hillside roadsides.

【Nature and flavor】

Sweet; slightly bitter; cool in nature

【Meridian】

Returns to the kidney and stomach meridians

【Function and indications】

Nourish the kidney and yin; clear away heat and detoxify. Mainly used for kidney tiger waist pain; tiger fire toothache; hepatitis; furuncle furuncle

【Usage and Dosage】

For internal use: decoct in water, double the amount for fresh products. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

【Discussions by Various Schools】

"Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The root is used for low back pain caused by kidney deficiency.

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Chinese Materia Medica

From the above introduction to radish kidney, we can see that radish kidney is of great help to the human body. It can improve some bad symptoms of the human body and is a very useful medicinal material for the human body.