What is the medicinal value of Impatiens?

Impatiens is a common flower in our lives. It not only looks beautiful and can beautify the environment, but also has certain medicinal value. It can nourish our bodies better. It can also be used as a very good Chinese medicinal material, which can make our bodies healthier. However, we must master its efficacy and nutritional value before we can nourish it according to our physical condition. Let’s learn about the medicinal value of Impatiens below.

What is the medicinal value of Impatiens?

Sexual and flavor functions

Root: bitter, pungent, neutral. Stem: bitter, pungent, warm, slightly toxic. Flowers: sweet, bitter, slightly warm. Seeds: pungent, bitter, warm, slightly toxic.

Root: promotes blood circulation and relieves pain, removes dampness and reduces swelling. Stem: dispels rheumatism, promotes blood circulation, relieves pain, and detoxifies. Flowers: dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and relieve pain, detoxify and kill insects. Seeds: promote blood circulation, lower qi, soften and disperse lumps.

Function and indications

Impatiens is a famous Chinese medicine. The flowers can be used as medicine to promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, and treat injuries. Applying the flowers externally can treat tinea pedis and eliminate body odor; applying the seeds into a paste externally can treat numbness and pain. Promote blood circulation and relieve menstruation, dispel wind and dampness; promote blood circulation and relieve pain; detoxify and kill insects. It is mainly used for rheumatic limb paralysis, pain in the waist and ribs, abdominal pain in women, postpartum blood stasis, injuries from falls, fractures, carbuncles, snake bites, leucorrhea, tinea pedis, and onychomycosis. It can promote blood circulation and relieve menstruation, dispel wind and relieve pain, and detoxify when used externally. Used for amenorrhea, traumatic injuries, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, rheumatoid arthritis, carbuncles, furuncles, snake bites, and tinea manuum.

It is warm in nature, slightly bitter in taste and slightly toxic. It has the effect of softening hard masses and eliminating accumulations. It is used to treat dysphagia, bones stuck in the throat, abdominal lumps, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is mainly used to treat amenorrhea in women.

People often use its flowers and leaves to dye their nails. The stems and seeds are used as medicine. The stem is called "Impatiens balsamina", which has the effects of removing rheumatism, activating blood circulation and relieving pain. It is used to treat rheumatic joint pain and difficulty in flexion and extension; the seed is called "Impatiens balsamina", which has the effects of softening and eliminating accumulation. It is used to treat dysphagia, bone stuck in the throat, abdominal lumps and amenorrhea. [

Selection

①Treat rheumatism and bedridden patients: decoct golden phoenix flower, cypress nut seeds, potassium saltpeter and papaya into a decoction for bathing, two to three times a day. Take Duhuo Jishe Decoction internally.

②To treat unbearable pain in waist and ribs: Grind Impatiens balsamina into cakes, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, take 3 grams of it on an empty stomach with wine.

③To treat injuries to bones and muscles caused by falls and blood circulation disorders: 3 liang of Impatiens balsamina and 2 liang of Angelica sinensis root, soak in wine and drink.

④To treat abnormal pain caused by fractures, if surgery is not possible, you can first take this wine medicine to relieve the pain: soak one qian of dried Impatiens balsamina (three qian of fresh) in wine, take it orally for one hour, the affected area will be numb, and then you can perform the bone grafting.

⑤Treat snake bites: Impatiens balsamina, pounded and taken with wine.

⑥Treat whooping cough, hematemesis, hemoptysis: decocted 7 to 15 fresh Impatiens flowers in water, or stewed with a little rock sugar for better effect. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

⑦Treatment of leucorrhea: 50 cents of Impatiens balsamina (or 1 liang of root), 1 liang of cuttlefish. Take it in decoction, one dose per day.

⑧To treat goose foot wind: rub fresh wind fairy flower externally.

⑨Treat onychomycosis: mash Impatiens balsamina and apply externally.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of Impatiens balsamina. After understanding it, we know that Impatiens balsamina has a good effect in reducing swelling and relieving pain, and can better improve our body. However, when there is a problem with the body, we still need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.