The efficacy and function of cockscomb

Flowers are loved by many people. There are many kinds of flowers. Different flowers have different colors, shapes, and growing environments. Even the fragrance of flowers is very different. Therefore, different flowers also have their own characteristics. Flowers are not only ornamental, but also helpful in treating diseases. Cockscomb is one of them. What are the effects and functions of cockscomb?

Many people don’t know much about the effects and functions of cockscomb. When choosing it, you can also understand these diseases so that when problems arise, you can choose to treat your own diseases. It has some helpful effect.

The efficacy and function of cockscomb:

Cool blood; stop bleeding. It is used to treat hemorrhoidal bleeding, dysentery with red and white discharge, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, hematuria, metrorrhagia in women, and leucorrhea with red and white discharge. Used for vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, blood in the stool, hemorrhoidal bleeding, leucorrhea, and chronic dysentery.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": Stops intestinal bleeding, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea and dysentery in women.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treats hemorrhoids, bleeding, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia, and leucorrhea. It can be used in red and white forms.

③ "Yuzhuo Yaojie": Clears away wind and reduces fever, stops nosebleed and replenishes blood. Treats vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, hematuria and other blood loss symptoms.

Morphological characteristics:

Annual herb, 60-90cm tall, glabrous. The stem is erect, stout, green or reddish. The leaves are alternate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 13 cm long, 2 to 6 cm wide, and gradually pointed at both ends. The inflorescence is flat, cockscomb-shaped, and terminal; the bracts, bracteoles, and tepals are purple, red, light red, or yellow, and are membranous; there are 5 stamens, and the lower part of the filaments is fused into a cup shape; the ovary is superior, and the stigma is 2-lobed. The fruit is ovate and the lid is cracked. The seeds are oblate or slightly kidney-shaped, black and shiny. The flowering period is from July to October, and the fruiting period is from September to November.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the effects and functions of cockscomb. However, we should not choose it to treat our own diseases casually, otherwise it will cause great harm to our own health. When choosing such flowers, we should also use them according to the doctor's advice, which will help improve the disease without harming our own health.