The efficacy and function of wrinkled sheep's feet

The Chinese medicine wrinkled sheep's foot is a very good Chinese medicinal material. It has a very good effect in regulating the body and is also widely used in medicine. Let’s take a look together.

【Alias】Wild spinach, ringworm herb. Rhubarb and Beef Tongue Herb (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Polygonaceae plant Spinach .

[Original form] Annual herb, 0.5 to 1 meter high. The stem is erect, hollow, round, grooved on the surface, and slightly branched. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate to oblong, 8-14 cm long, 1-2.8 cm wide, gradually pointed at apex, acute at base, entire, and the leaves are smaller as they approach the top of the stem; petioles are glabrous; stipules are sheath-like, quite long, and membranous. The flowers are bisexual, yellow-green, and clustered in bundles in the axils of cotyledons, and then the numerous flower clusters form a raceme; the pedicels are slender and have nodes at the bottom; the calyx is deeply lobed into 6 parts, the outer 3 parts are small, linear-oblong, green, and the inner 3 parts are large, triangular-ovate or rhombus-shaped. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow-brown with reticular patterns. Each part has an oblong raised tumor in the middle of the back, and 2 to 6 needle-like thorns on the edge. The nutlets are triangular, enclosed in an enlarged inner calyx, and are yellowish brown. Flowering period is from March to April. The fruiting period is from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in hillside wetlands, roadsides and field edges. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[Chemical composition] The fruit contains rhubarb glycoside, rutin and hyperoside.

[Nature and flavor] Sour and bitter, cold in nature, non-toxic.

[Functions and indications] Kill parasites, clear away heat, cool blood, treat carbuncle, swelling and pain, baldness, scabies, bruises and swelling and pain.

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] For treating swelling and pain of sores: appropriate amount of wrinkled sheep's foot root, five cents of brown sugar, and two star anises. Mash them together and apply to the affected area. (The properties and flavors are from Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Based on the above summary, Woolfragpus edulis still has certain pharmacological effects. What needs to be noted is that Woolfragpus edulis should be consumed according to one's actual situation and not in excess.