What are the effects of stone ginseng root

Traditional Chinese medicine always has unexpected effects in treating certain diseases, so you can choose Chinese medicine with confidence. However, when patients choose Chinese medicine, they need to have an in-depth understanding of the medicinal materials, so that when treating diseases, they will know which medicine is the best choice. Stone ginseng root is a kind of medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. So, what are the effects and functions of stone ginseng root? Also known as stone cowpea and rock ginseng.

Function: Clears away heat and detoxifies; reduces swelling and relieves pain. It is used to treat diarrhea due to damp-heat, cough and asthma due to lung heat, swelling and pain due to falls, influenza, and epidemic encephalitis B.

The medicine has a mild nature and a bitter taste.

Morphological characteristics

The body is generally 25 to 30 cm long and slightly oval in shape. The mouth is located on the ventral side and has 20 tentacles. The anus is located on the back and is surrounded by 5 calcareous teeth. The dorsal surface is smooth and has sparse podia. The ventral surface is flat, and the tube feet are arranged in three longitudinal bands, with the middle band being sparser and wider. The body color varies greatly. The back is generally yellowish brown or purple brown, with many irregular grayish white horizontal spots. The area around the anus is grayish white, and the belly is lighter in color.

The dry body is oblong. The back was disemboweled. The back is light black, and the lower edges of the sides and the abdomen are white with yellow. It has no thorns, but has wart-like protrusions on its back and a powdery calcareous layer on its abdomen. Generally, they are divided into three specifications according to the weight of each piece. There are 15 large ones per 500 grams, 25 medium ones, and more than 50 small ones. The best quality ones are those with complete body, thick meat, thin lime layer on the abdomen, no cracks in the belly and no rotten holes.

Original plant morphology

Upright subshrub. Stems and branches pubescent. Odd-pinnate compound leaves are alternate, with 3-7 leaflets, sometimes 9; leaflets are oblong, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 5-10cm long, 2-4cm wide, glabrous above or slightly pubescent on the midrib, with short soft hairs below; petiolules are about 2mm long; petioles are 5-10cm long, stipules are needle-shaped; stipules are long triangular.

The flowers are purple, terminal racemes with densely clustered flowers, 10-20cm long and 2.5cm wide when grown; every 2 pedicels are together, curved like a bow, with hairs, the long hairs are white, and the short hairs are hooked at the tips; the calyx lobes are nearly equal; the corolla is butterfly-shaped, about 6mm long; the stamens are 10mm, monomeric. The pods have 2-4 nodes, are twisted and overlapping, have short soft hairs, and the styles are long and curved. The taproot is large, thick and long.

Growth habit

It likes cool, humid climate. It grows well in areas with rainfall above 700 mm. It is highly cold-resistant, and the seeds germinate when the soil temperature is 3-4℃. The suitable temperature during the heading period is 18-19℃. Good wintering ability. It starts to turn green in spring when the temperature is above 5℃, and stops growing in autumn when the temperature is below 5℃. It is more resistant to flooding but not drought. It is impossible to survive the summer under the continuous high temperature and dry conditions above 35℃. It requires neutral and slightly acidic soil, with a pH value of 5.3 to 7.7 being the most suitable. It has poor alkali tolerance and grows poorly on soils with high lime content.

Ecological Value

Stone ginseng is resistant to barrenness and drought, has a well-developed root system, is suitable for planting in land that is not suitable for forests, and can conserve water and soil. The roots of stone ginseng have nodules, which have the function of fixing nitrogen. It is recommended to plant it on sandy land and dry slopes. Planting stone ginseng during the young oil tea forest period can not only help conserve water and soil, but also bring economic benefits.

Medicinal value

"There are ginseng in the north and stone ginseng in the south", which shows the value of stone ginseng. The whole plant of stone ginseng contains flavonoids, sugars, enzymes and vitamins. The root has the effect of helping the spleen to transport and transform, and the whole plant can cool blood and stop bleeding, clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and has an anthelmintic effect. The whole plant is mainly used to treat infantile malnutrition, pediatric stunting, spleen knot, hemoptysis and hematemesis, hematuria and bloody stools, colds and coughs, chest tightness, malaria with alternating chills and fever, filariasis, etc.

(1) The main chemical component of stone ginseng is xanthophyllotoxin, which has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, stopping bleeding and relieving pain. It is effective in treating cough, lung pain, vomiting blood, hemoptysis, hematuria, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse, swelling and infection, gastritis and duodenal ulcer. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that the root of Glehnia littoralis can warm and nourish the kidney yang, nourish yin, clear the liver and remove dampness, and has a certain effect on insomnia and nightmares.

(2) Using the root of the stone ginseng as the soup base has a unique flavor, sweet and fragrant, which makes people have an endless aftertaste. Drinking it regularly can cure overwork, back and leg pain, etc.

After the above detailed introduction to the efficacy and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine stone ginseng root, I believe everyone should now have understood and realized that stone ginseng root has many efficacy and functions, and it is an excellent way to treat people's physical illnesses. However, everyone needs to pay attention that everyone should use symptomatic medication according to their own physical condition and do not consume it indiscriminately.