What are the effects of a mouthful of blood herb?

Yidianxue, the name of a Chinese herbal medicine. It is the underground stem of the green plant Begonia sanguinea of ​​the Begoniaceae family. It is found in Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces. It has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, replenishing blood and qi, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is used to treat weakness after illness, depletion, deficiency of both qi and blood, liver depression and kidney deficiency, metrorrhagia, secretions, hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, bleeding from trauma, and swelling and pain due to falls.

effect

Invigorate Qi and nourish blood, replenish blood and Qi, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain.

Main

It is used to treat weakness after illness, depletion, deficiency of both qi and blood, liver depression and kidney deficiency, metrorrhagia, secretions, hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, bleeding from trauma, and swelling and pain due to falls.

About Matching

1. To treat weakness and thinness: take a little blood and a cloud, grind them into powder, cook the meat and drink it. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica, 1960)

2. To treat deficiency of both Qi and blood, liver depression and kidney deficiency: 30g each of A little blood and Deer bite grass, 10g of Achyranthes bidentata, and 15g of Zheng sewn with blue cloth. Stewed black chicken. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records, 1979)

3. To treat red and metrorrhagic discharge and dryness in women: a mouthful of blood 15-30g. Serve with cooked meat or chicken. (Enshi Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook)

4. Treat menstrual bleeding, hematemesis and hemoptysis caused by lack of nourishment to Chong and Ren meridians: 60g of Dian Xue and 30g of Yindi Fern. Stewed black chicken. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records, 1979)

Usage method Dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 15-30g; squeeze juice, cook meat or soak in wine. External application: Appropriate amount, mash and apply fresh.

Collection, production and processing

After the beginning of autumn, the underground stems are collected, washed, cut into slices, and dried or used fresh.

Shape characteristics

Perennial stemless herb. The rhizome is horizontal, thick, and bead-shaped, 2-5 cm long, 8-12 (-15) mm in diameter, with an uneven surface, 6-8 mm long nodes, and most of the long and thin fibers growing around it. The leaves are all basal, usually 1 (-2), with long petioles; the leaves are slightly to significantly unequal on both sides, with angular to broad ovate outlines, rarely long ovate, 12-20cm long, 8-18cm wide, with long pointed tips, cordate apex, slightly inclined to very inclined, narrow side rounded, 1-2cm wider on the broad side, broadly auricular, with margins often 3-7 (-9) shallowly lobed, lobes triangular, and with triangular teeth of varying sizes, short awns often appearing at the tooth tips, dark green above, light green below, sometimes purple-red on both sides, nearly glabrous on both sides, with 6-7 palmately shaped veins, 2-3 on the narrow side, 3-4 on the broad side, all veins running straight through the leaf margin; leaf stems 11-19 (-25)cm long, nearly glabrous; stipules ovate-lanceolate, caducous. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Siliques are loose, with pedicels 1-1.5cm long, glabrous, fusiform in outline, 1-1.2cm long, 3-5mm in diameter, glabrous, wingless, and with 3 ridges; most of the seeds are small, long-circular, and light brown. The flowering period is August and the fruiting period just begins in September.

Natural environment for growth and development

Grows in damp rocky places. It is found in Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces.

Identification of Chinese herbal medicines

The underground stems are thick and run horizontally in irregularly long pieces, about 2.7cm long and 2.1cm in diameter. The surface is dark brown or dark brown, densely covered with roots, and the tips of the remaining stems are covered with yellow-brown plush. The material is soft and easy to break. The cross section is bright red, with a slight odor and a bitter-sweet taste.

Contemporary Applications

It is used for deficiency of qi and blood after illness, insufficiency of female energy, bronchiectasis, abnormal uterine bleeding due to imbalance of functions, bleeding due to trauma, and bruises, etc.