The efficacy and function of Daquan hemp

The essence of traditional Chinese medicine is to treat both the symptoms and the root cause. Compared with Western medicine, the effects and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine are much better. The same is true for the traditional Chinese medicine Daquanma. Here we will introduce the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Daquanma.

[Alias] Big money hemp, stem hemp (Southern Yunnan Materia Medica), money hemp, nettle, scorpion grass (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb or root of the Urticaceae plant Scorpion Grass . Available all year round. Use dried or fresh.

[Original form] Perennial herb, about 1.5 to 2.5 meters high, covered with short hairs and sharp thorn-like stinging hairs. Usually tufted, with ribbed stems. Leaves are alternate; leaf blade pentagonal in outline, length and width (average length 0-25 cm), base shallowly cordate or nearly truncate, palmately 3-parted, 1 lobe with a few triangular lobes, coarse teeth on the margin, sparsely coarse hairs on the upper side, short procumbent hairs on the lower side, with 3 basal veins; petiole 4-15 cm long; stipules connate, broadly ovate. Usually dioecious; male inflorescence up to 12 cm long, with dense male flowers, 4 tepals, and 4 stamens; female inflorescence up to 18 cm long, with a few branches; female flowers dense, 2 tepals of unequal size; stigma filiform. Achenes broadly ovate, flat and smooth.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in moist places near forests in valleys. Distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, pungent, cool.

[Functions and indications] Dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, promote qi and eliminate phlegm, clear heat and detoxify. Treat colds, coughs, chest tightness, excessive phlegm, itchy skin, and sores.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5-1 liang; or mash into juice and drink. For external use: decoct in water and wash.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the detailed introduction of the traditional Chinese medicine Daquanma in the above article, we know that Daquanma has many effects and functions and is extremely beneficial to the body. So if you have related symptoms, you might as well give it a try.