What are the effects and functions of milkweed

If we live in rural areas, we must be familiar with milkweed. It is also called ground ivy in the folks. It is very common and is a Chinese medicinal material. But it is also quite special. Except for Guangdong and Guangxi, it can be seen all over the country. This shows that these two regions are not suitable for its growth. So, what are the effects and functions of milkweed?

Efficacy

It can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, detoxify and kill insects.

Indications

It is mainly used to treat edema due to water vapor, phlegm, cough, malaria, bacillary dysentery, scrofula, tuberculous fistula and osteomyelitis.

Physiological characteristics

Annual or biennial herb, 10 to 750 cm tall, the whole plant contains latex. The stem base is branched and purple-red. The leaves are alternate, obovate or spoon-shaped, 1-75px long, 0.7-25px wide, slightly concave at the tip, with fine serrations above the middle of the edge, and sessile. There are 5 leaf-like bracts arranged in whorls at the top of the stem; the inflorescence is polychasine, terminal, with 5 cymes, each cyme has 3 cymelets, and each cymelet is divided into 2 forks for the third time; the cup-shaped cyme is bell-shaped, the top of the involucre is 4-lobed, with 4 glands between the lobes, and is kidney-shaped; the ovary is 3-chambered and has 3 styles. Capsule glabrous. The seeds are ovate, with a raised reticulate surface. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from June to July. Grown by ditches, roadsides and fields. Distributed in all provinces and regions of the country except Xinjiang and Tibet.

Related Discussions

1. "Chinese Materia Medica": This product can both cool blood and stop bleeding, and can activate blood circulation and disperse blood stasis. It has the characteristics of stopping bleeding without leaving blood stasis. It is used for hemoptysis, epistaxis, blood in stool, hematuria, hemorrhoidal bleeding, metrorrhagia and bleeding caused by trauma due to blood heat.

2. Compendium of Materia Medica: "It can treat carbuncle, malignant ulcer, bleeding caused by blade injury, bloody dysentery, hemorrhage, metrorrhagia, and can disperse blood, stop bleeding, and promote urination."

3. "The Unmistakable Mongolian Medicinal Mirror" says: "It tastes bitter."

4. Mongolian Pharmacology: "It stops bleeding, dries up and helps with dryness, heals wounds, and clears heat from the pulse."

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is a medicine that cools blood, disperses blood, detoxifies and stops dysentery. It is good at unblocking blood vessels and specifically eliminates toxins and sores. It is suitable for all blood diseases caused by heat. If the disease is not caused by blood heat, but the stomach qi is weak, it should be used with caution."