The efficacy and function of moss water flower

Moss flower is a very common Chinese medicine and is also a frequently used medicine. It has unique effects and functions in treating many diseases. Here we will tell you in detail about the effects of some traditional Chinese medicine moss water flowers.

【Other name】 Japanese Pilea

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Pilea cochinchinensis of the Urticaceae family.

[Original form] Annual herb, 5-25cm high. The stem is thin, glabrous, erect or ascending, with slightly curved branches at the nodes. Simple leaves, opposite, mainly concentrated at the top of the stem and branches; petiole thin, shorter or slightly longer than the leaf blade; stipules small, triangular, lower ones caducous; leaf blade rhombic ovate or oblong ovate, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, with 1-4 coarse teeth on each side of the leaf margin; sparsely hairy above, glabrous below; 3 main veins. Flowers are unisexual, monoecious, with male and female flowers mixed, and cymes in axillary; male flowers have 4 tepals; 4 stamens, opposite to the tepals; female flowers have 5 tepals, slightly equal in length, broadly lanceolate; 5 staminodes, scale-like, opposite to the tepals; ovary is ovate, and the stigma is brush-shaped. Achenes ovate. Slightly biconvex, smooth and spotless, extending beyond persistent tepals. The flowering period is July-August, and the fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing under hillside forests or in valley wetlands at an altitude of 800-1600m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria; stops bleeding. It is used for painful urination, hematuria, sore throat, milk moth, fetal toxicity in children, erysipelas, leucorrhea, vaginal itching

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g, fresh product 15-30g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that after reading the above explanations, everyone has a deeper understanding of the Chinese medicine moss and water flowers? In fact, many foods or medicinal materials are the same. Only when we understand them can we eat them correctly according to our own situation and effectively help maintain our health.