Effects and functions of Taiwan's Stephania

What are the functions of Taiwan Qianjin Tenghu? As a traditional Chinese medicine, Taiwan Qianjin Tenghu can not only be used to treat diseases, but also can be combined with some other medicinal materials to make medicinal food, which has a very good effect on regulating the human body. Today we will introduce the Taiwania schefflera.

【English name】 root of Taiwan Stephania

[Other name] Lanyu Qianjinteng

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of Stephania Taiwanica, a plant of the Menispermaceae family.

[Original form] A perennial herbaceous vine of the Taiwania schefflera. The branch diameter is about 1 cm, with grooves, brown skin, and drooping, smooth, light green branches. Petiole 7-9cm long; leaf blade papery or leathery, smooth, broadly ovate, broadly triangular-elliptical, 9-10cm long, 8.5-9cm wide, with a short tip, entire, or slightly curled, shield-shaped, with 12 radiating veins. The male inflorescence is axillary, with peduncles, which are 8-12 cm long, smooth, with umbels at the tip, and 8 flowers arranged radially. The fruit grows in clusters, is drupe-like, obovate, about 1.2 cm long and 1 cm wide, with a rounded top and a truncated base.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown in mountains and wilds.

[Chemical composition] Taiwan Stephania contains crebanine, cepharanthine, phanostenine, secocepharanthine, dihydrocepharanthine, O-methylpunjabine and O-methyldeoxopunjabine.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; neutral

【Meridian】 Liver; Stomach

【Functions and indications】Antituberculosis, analgesic, emetic. . Mainly tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough, chronic sores, snake bites, and malaria.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-10g.

【Note】 Overdose may cause vomiting.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The ingredients contained in this species have analgesic, emetic and anti-tuberculosis effects.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that after reading the above explanations, everyone has a deeper understanding of the traditional Chinese medicine Taiwan Qianjinteng? 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.