The efficacy and function of sorghum seven

Friends who don’t know about sorghum seven will not understand what effects and functions sorghum seven has. Sorghum seven is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. Many people only know it in terms of its shape, so it is difficult to understand what benefits sorghum seven can really bring to people’s health. These require us to have an in-depth understanding of sorghum seven as a medicinal material.

[Other names] Imperata chinensis, sorghum notoginseng, mountain sorghum, water sorghum, wild sorghum

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of Sorghum kaoliang of the Poaceae family.

[Original morphology] Pseudo-sorghum, perennial herb. The culm is 1-3m tall, densely covered with short hairs on the nodes. The leaf sheaths are usually smooth and hairless; the ligules are hard and have cilia up to 2 mm long; the leaves are linear and broad, about 90 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, with rough edges. The panicle is erect, up to 30 cm long, with branches arranged in racemes, 1-4 nodes borne at the branch ends, the spikelets falling off node by node, and pairs borne at each node or 3 at the terminal, with white or lavender pubescence; the sessile spikelets are bisexual, awnless, herbaceous, blackened, shiny and glabrous on the lower part, and brown pubescence on the upper part and edges, with two ridges on the upper end of the first lemma, and the awns extending from between the teeth of the second lemma, bent knee-shaped; the stalked spikelets are sterile, herbaceous, and will not harden. Flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: grows in riverbank wetlands.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Light; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears the lungs and relieves cough; strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness; promotes blood circulation and stops bleeding. It is used to treat tuberculosis, cough, vomiting blood, diarrhea, indigestion, and swelling and pain caused by falls.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 30-60g, fresh product can be used up to 120g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above introduction to sorghum seven, we can see that sorghum seven 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.