What are the effects and functions of silver thread lotus?

What are the effects and functions of silver thread lotus?

Most of the plants growing in the ravines between mountains are herbs recommended by traditional Chinese medicine, and the efficacy of each herb is different, and they can be diagnosed and treated according to different symptoms. For example, silver thread vine is an extremely effective Chinese herbal medicine. It mainly grows in bamboo forests and has become very rare in modern life. Let's take a look at the effects of silver thread lotus.

Silver thread vine is a plant of the orchid family. The plant is 6-30 cm tall. Rhizome creeping, stemlike, noded. The stem is erect, the flower stalk is reddish brown, 8-15 cm long and hairy; the raceme is 4-8 cm long, and the flowering period is May-June. It is produced in Taiwan Province of my country and is widely distributed. It grows in the shade and wet places under forests at an altitude of 400-1500 meters.

Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain, softens and disperses lumps. Treat tracheitis, joint pain, trauma, scrofula, carbuncles and furunculosis.

Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 1-2 liang for fresh ones; mash into juice or soak in wine. For external use: mash and apply.

Related options:

① Treat cough caused by lung disease: stew spotted leaf orchid with meat. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

②Treat bronchitis: decoct fresh spotted leaf orchid in water and drink. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

③To treat joint pain without redness or swelling: mash the spotted leaf orchid, stir-fry with wine, and apply to the painful area (for children, use rice washing water instead of wine). Change daily. (Guizhou Folk Medicine)

④Treat snake bites, carbuncles and boils: mash fresh spotted leaf orchid and apply externally. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

Golden thread vine and silver thread vine. The lines of golden thread vine are thin and clear; the lines of silver thread vine are fuzzy and more like dots, and the leaves are mostly green. The leaves of golden thread vine are mostly dark red!

Suggestions: The back of the leaves of golden thread vine is dark red. When you hold the leaves of golden thread vine up to the light, the lines are very obvious and transparent! Silver thread vine has a bitter taste, so you can smell it and see.

The above is an explanation of the effects and functions of silver thread vine. I hope everyone can understand that silver thread vine, as a relatively rare Chinese herbal medicine, is very popular and its medicinal effects have also been recognized by people.

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