The efficacy and function of mountain verbena

As a traditional Chinese medicinal material, mountain verbena provides us with a variety of nutrients. It can also solve some diseases encountered by the body, so it is deeply loved by people. Let’s take a look at the nutrients and benefits of mountain verbena.

【English name】Denseleaf Sedge

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Carex dense-leaved, a plant of the Cyperaceae family.

[Original form] Dense-leaved carex, perennial herb, 60-80cm tall. Rhizome woody. The culm is thick, hard, and triangular prism-shaped, with leaves on the upper part and brown leafless sheaths on the lower part. The leaves are closely arranged, 4-6mm wide, hard, and with rolled edges; the leaf sheaths overlap and wrap tightly around the culm. Spikelets 5-9; terminal spikelet male, cylindrical, 1.5-3cm long, short stalk; bracts leaf-like, much longer than the inflorescence, with bracts; female flower scales broadly ovate, nearly equal in length and width, 1.5-2mm, yellow, densely rusty dots and lines, with 3 veins, apex with awn. The fruit capsule is broadly ovate, twice as long as the scales, 3-3.5mm long, triangular, yellow, densely rusty, densely covered with short white stiff hairs, with unclear veins, and the upper part is sharply contracted into a slightly inward-curved beak with 2 small teeth at the tip of the beak. The nutlets are obovate, about 2 mm long, with slightly enlarged style base and 3 stigmas.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows under forests and near water.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and promotes diuresis. Mainly for stranguria; burns and scalds

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: It is used by the people for clearing heat, promoting diuresis, treating gonorrhea and burns.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of mountain verbena. When choosing it, pay attention to the dosage to avoid causing harm to your body.