The efficacy and function of mountain pepper leaves

As a very common Chinese medicinal material in daily life, pepper leaves have high medicinal and nutritional value to the human body, and are not too difficult to purchase. Let's analyze several aspects of the leaves of Piper melongena.

[Other names] Jianfengxiao (Classification of Herbal Properties), Tiegusan, Leigongye, Huangzhaye, Xishouye (Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the leaves of the Glechoma longituba plant of the Lauraceae family.

【Properties and flavors】 "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Light, neutral."

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind, detoxify, disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding. Treat colds, muscle and bone pains, carbuncles, swellings, and bruises.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian. For external use: mash and apply or grind into powder and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating bleeding due to trauma: Take appropriate amount of Piper melongena leaves, grind them into powder, and apply with sesame oil. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

[Clinical Application] Treatment of various inflammatory diseases, such as acute and chronic tonsillitis, lymphadenitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, etc.: Take 2 kilograms of dried mountain pepper leaves and use the distillation method to make an injection solution, 5 ml per vial (containing 5 grams of crude drug), one vial each time for intramuscular injection, 2 to 3 times a day. 279 cases were treated, 183 were cured, 51 improved, and the effective rate was 83.9%. No side effects were found during the medication process and the injection site was painless.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Fujian Folk Herbs"

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