The efficacy and function of Tianpaozi

Tianpaozi is a very good medicinal material. It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients. It has extremely high medicinal value. Let us learn about several aspects of Tianpaozi below.

[Alias] Sand lantern (Compilation of Common Folk Herbs), lantern grass, water lantern, divination grass, Da'epao (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbs for Guangzhou Troops), sky bubble grass, queen mother beads, yellow lantern (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment), small nightshade (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbs for Guangzhou Air Force).

[Source] It is the whole herb or fruit of the Solanaceae plant, Solanaceae . From June to July, take the whole plant with fruits, wash it, and use it fresh or dry it in the sun.

[Original form] Annual herb, about 50 cm tall. Stem slightly procumbent or inclined, much branched, with fine soft hairs or nearly smooth. Simple leaves are alternate; leaf blades are ovate or oblong, 2-8 cm long, 1-5 cm wide, with short pointed tips, unequal leaf bases, entire or wavy margins, or with irregular notches, green and nearly glabrous above, with more hairs beneath; petioles are 1-4 cm long and hairy. Flowers are solitary in leaf axils; pedicels are about 5 mm long; calyx is bell-shaped, green, membranous, 5-lobed, and has stiff hairs. When fruiting, the calyx enlarges to a lantern shape, about 1.5 cm in diameter, surrounding the outside of the fruit, with 5 prominent ridges; corolla is bell-shaped, 5-lobed, light yellow-green, about 8 mm long, with a patch near the base of the corolla tube; stamens are 5, attached to the base of the corolla tube, anthers are oblong; pistil is 1, ovary is round, 2-chambered, with many ovules, style is linear, stigma is capitate, with inconspicuous 2 lobes. The berries are bead-shaped, yellow, and about 1 cm in diameter; the seeds are numerous, oblate, and greenish-white. Flowering period is June. Fruiting period is July.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in fields, ridges and slopes. It is distributed throughout the north and south of my country.

[Properties and flavors] "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica": "cold in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic."

[Functions and indications] It can dissipate dampness and kill insects. It can treat jaundice, difficulty urinating, chronic cough and asthma, malnutrition, scrofula, impetigo, and eczema.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang. For external use: grind into powder and apply on skin.

【Note】 "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Annals": "It is contraindicated for patients without damp-heat and blood stasis."

[Additional prescription] ① For the treatment of jaundice: Tianpaozi, Yangquehua root, Hongmeng tree bark (calcined), Akebia, and Cockspur root. Decoction. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records)

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of chronic tracheitis

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Classification of Herbal Properties"

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of Tianpaozi. If you want to consume Tianpaozi, it is best to consult a Chinese medicine doctor. I hope this helps you all.