The efficacy of Yang Tie Ye seeds

We rarely talk about the seeds of the shrubbery leaves alone, because the seeds of the shrubbery leaves are used together with the shrubbery leaves and are not completely separated. The leaves of the red iron plant look like a lot of long seeds, and there are not many leaves. It likes to grow on the roadside, and you should still be able to see it in rural areas now. The leaves of the Yangtie plant are a traditional Chinese medicine. Not only the grass can be used as medicine, but also the roots. So what are the effects of the seeds of the Yang Tie leaf?

[Medicinal Part] The root or the whole plant is used as medicine. The roots are usually dug up in autumn, washed, sliced, dried or used fresh, and the leaves are picked as needed. In the north, its seeds are often stuffed into pillows, making it a better pillow filling than buckwheat husks. The root contains chrysophanol, emodin, pigments, organic acids, calcium oxalate, tannins, resins, sugars, starch, mucus, etc.

[Source morphology] Perennial herb, about 1 meter tall, with thick and large yellow roots. The stem is erect, purple-green, and the basal leaves have long petioles; the stem leaves are ovate-lanceolate and alternate. Small light green flowers bloom in summer, with 6 tepals, and achenes that are ovate, three-angled, and dark brown.

【Nature and flavor】Bitter, pungent, cool.

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and detoxifies, stops bleeding, removes blood stasis, promotes bowel movements, and kills insects. Used for lung abscesses, hemoptysis caused by pulmonary tuberculosis, epistaxis, epidemic encephalitis B, acute and chronic hepatitis, and constipation; used externally to treat injuries from falls, burns, carbuncles, furunculosis, mumps, scabies, eczema, and dermatitis.

1. Treatment of external injuries: The crushed leaves of Rhubarb are a magical medicine for treating external injuries; the roots are cut into slices and boiled into soup, which can also clear away heat, detoxify and treat constipation. Military herbal medicine requires speed and simplicity, and many herbs in the mountains cannot be used immediately. Rhubarb can be found all over the mountains and can be used anytime, anywhere. It has good therapeutic effects and has been loved by the military since ancient times. 2. Blood heat and bleeding syndrome. This medicine is bitter and cold in nature. It can cool blood and stop bleeding in female tinea cruris, as well as astringent and stop bleeding. It can be taken orally alone or in combination with other hemostatic drugs for bleeding symptoms such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis and purpura caused by blood heat.

3. Scabies, sores, and burns. This product is bitter, cold and has a laxative effect. It can clear away heat, detoxify and treat sores, and can also kill insects and relieve itching. It is a good medicine for treating ringworm and scabies.

4. Constipation. This product is bitter and cold, can relieve heat and promote bowel movements, has similar functions to rhubarb, and has a mild effect, so it is known as "earthly rhubarb". 5 qian of fresh sheep's feet, decocted in water, take twice a day.

5. To treat burns or burns: Take an appropriate amount of Rhubarb root and grind it into powder. Apply sesame oil to the wound. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

6. To treat tinea capitis, psoriasis, athlete's foot, white baldness on the head, etc.; add 1 cup of sheep's trotter juice, 1 cup of rice vinegar, and 1 penny of alum powder, mix well and apply to the affected area, three times a day.

7. To treat gonorrhea: 1 liang of sheep's hoof, 3 cicada shells, decocted in water, take twice a day.

8. To treat scabies and early stage sores (before suppuration); mash an appropriate amount of fresh sheep’s trotters and apply to the affected area.