The efficacy and role of broad-leaved red car

Broadleaf red car messenger is usually used as a medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. This is also because of the medicinal value of the broad-leaved red carnelian itself, so today I will tell you about the relevant knowledge about the broad-leaved red carnelian.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots or leaves of the plant Herba Lycopodii of the Urticaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30-50cm high. Hairless. Leaves are alternate; petioles are extremely short, 2-5mm long, sometimes nearly sessile; stipules are oblong-lanceolate, 1-2cm long; leaf blades are obliquely elliptic-obovate, 11-25cm long, 6-10cm wide, asymmetrical on both sides, acuminate or elongated acuminate at the apex, with thorns at the tip; the narrower side of the base is cuneate, slightly auricular, and the wider side is auricular, more or less amplexicaul; margins are serrated above the middle, with sparse soft hairs on the veins on the back, often quickly becoming glabrous, stalactites are linear, obvious, usually larger on the back; veins are semipinnate, with semi-free tricerine veins. Dioecious, with small flowers clustered on a receptacle with an involucre; the male flower receptacle is solitary, about 2 cm in diameter, or has a short peduncle, with bracts united at the base into a disc, bracteoles oblong-oblanceolate, about 4 mm long; the male tepals are 4-lobed, with lobes broadly lanceolate, about 2.5 mm long; the female flower receptacle has no peduncle, is nearly oblong, up to 1.5 cm long and 1.3 cm wide, with bracts fused but slightly separated at the edge at the end, bracteoles linear-oblanceolate, about 2 mm long, with ciliate edges; the female tepals are 3-lobed, with lobes about 0.5 mm long. Flowering period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in plains, foothills, and moist places beside streams.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; Cool in nature

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and clear heat; detoxify and reduce swelling. Mainly used for high fever; swelling caused by falls; snake bites

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article ends with an introduction to the medicinal value of broad-leaved red carnation. In fact, broad-leaved red carnation has many different effects when used as medicine, all of which have significant benefits to the human body. Everyone can try it.