The efficacy and function of Yunnan deer tooth vegetable [picture]

Yunnan deer tooth vegetable [picture] is something that many people are very familiar with. The benefits that Yunnan deer tooth vegetable [picture] brings to us are not available in other foods. So what are the effects of Yunnan deer tooth vegetable [picture]? Let’s learn about it together below.

[Other names] Gallbladder-moving medicine, hepatitis grass, green leaf gall, green fish gall (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines in Yunnan).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Gentianaceae plant Croton tiglium . Collected in late autumn and early winter. Wash and dry.

[Original morphology] Annual erect herb, 20 to 40 cm tall. The stem is quadrangular, with extremely narrow wings at the corners, glabrous, and light brown. Simple leaves are opposite, linear, 1 to 1.5 cm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. Flowers are terminal or axillary, in paniculate cymes; calyx is green, 5-lobed, and lobes are linear; corolla is light blue-purple, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, 5-lobed, and lobes are elliptic-lanceolate and fused at the base. Capsule oblong, 2-lobed. Seeds small, numerous. The flowering period is late autumn and early winter.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on sunny hillside grasslands. Distributed in Yunnan.

[Chemical composition] The whole plant contains oleic acid, hydroxy and methyl derivatives of xanthone and their glycosides, as well as lactone glycosides and flavonoid glycosides with physiological effects.

[Properties and flavors] "Selected Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicines": "bitter, cold."

【Functions and indications】 "Selected Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Clears the liver and promotes bile secretion, removes dampness and clears heat. Treats acute icteric hepatitis and cholecystitis."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang.

[Clinical Application] Treatment of acute infectious hepatitis: Take green leaf gall to make extract tablets, 3 grams each time, 3 to 4 times a day; or use 1 liang of green leaf gall to decoct and take, 3 times a day. For patients with fever, severe jaundice, or a sharp decrease in appetite, glucose solution should be infused. 92 cases were treated, 88 were cured and 4 improved. The average time for liver function to return to normal was 29.77 days; the liver enlargement shrank to normal in 15 days on average. Generally, urine volume increases after taking the medicine, the tongue coating changes from yellow and greasy to thin white, and jaundice disappears quickly.

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This is all we have to say about the effects of Yunnan deer tooth vegetable [picture]. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the value of Yunnan deer tooth vegetable [picture] is very high, we must be cautious when eating it.