Little Red Herb

There are many Chinese herbal medicines in traditional Chinese medicine, and there are only a few of them that are frequently used in daily life. Most of the other Chinese herbal medicines are relatively unfamiliar to normal people. For example, Yi Dian Hong is also a Chinese herbal medicine that can be used in traditional Chinese medicine, but most people may not have heard of it. Those who don’t know much about the herb should read the following article to learn more about it.

Yidianhong is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried whole herb of the Asteraceae plant, which can be harvested throughout the year, washed, and used fresh or dried. It tastes bitter and is cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling. Used for upper respiratory tract infection, oral ulcers, pneumonia, mastitis, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, urinary tract infection, sores, carbuncles, eczema, and bruises.

Medicinal part: The dried whole herb of the Asteraceae plant.

It tastes bitter and is cool in nature.

Efficacy: clearing away heat, detoxifying, dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling.

It is mainly used to treat upper respiratory tract infections, oral ulcers, pneumonia, mastitis, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, urinary tract infections, boils, carbuncles, eczema, and bruises.

Related compatibility 1. With rush, its diuretic effect is enhanced and it is used to treat edema caused by all reasons.

2. Combined with Lobelia, it can clear away heat, detoxify, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. It can be used for carbuncle, sore throat, breast pain, bruises, as well as abdominal edema and general edema.

3. Combined with Scutellaria baicalensis, it can clear away heat, detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding, and treat bloody dysentery, intestinal wind and bloody stool.

Dosage and Administration: For oral use: decoction, 9-18g; or mash and swallow the juice. For external use: take appropriate amount, decoct in water for washing or mash for application.

Precautions: Pregnant women should use with caution.

Preparation method: Wash and dry.

Physiological characteristics: Mildew vine, annual or perennial herb. The whole plant is about 750px long. The rhizome is slender, cylindrical, and light brown; the stem is less branched, thinly cylindrical, with longitudinal stripes, gray-green, the leaves at the base are ovate or lyre-shaped, the leaves at the top are smaller, and slightly embrace the stem at the base; papery. The inflorescence is dry, most of the flowers have fallen off, the receptacle and involucre remain, and the bracts are dark brown and membranous. Achenes are light yellow-brown with abundant white pappus. It often grows near villages, roadsides, fields and in grass in the wilderness.

The production areas are distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan.

Related discussion: "Purple-backed grass grows on the hillsides of southern Jiangxi. It is similar in shape to dandelions but with purple stems. The leaves are sparse near the roots and the backs are all purple. Purple flowers bloom at the tip in late autumn, similar to the flowers of a bald woman's head. They do not bloom completely and their catkins fly away when they are old. It has the same function as dandelions."