The efficacy and function of cinnabar grass

Cinnabar grass is a very common Chinese medicine and also a very important medicinal material. We need to pay attention to it. Cinnabar grass can be used in combination with other medicines, and we need to take it appropriately according to our physical condition. Let’s take a look at the main effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Cinnabar Grass.

[Other names] Fanbeihong (Guiyang Folk Medicinal Herbs), Yexiahong, Hongqingcai (Guizhou Folk Medicines).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Labiatae plant. Available all year round.

[Original form] Perennial herb, up to 50 cm tall. The stem is square, slightly branched at the top and covered with fine hairs. Simple leaves are opposite or in odd-pinnate compound leaves; there are 3 leaflets, the leaf blade is oblong, the tip is gradually pointed or obtuse, the base is slightly cordate, the edge is crenate, dark purple above, purple-red below, the veins are obvious, and the veins below are covered with pubescence; the petiole is long and covered with fine soft hairs above. The inflorescence is a whorl of racemes, with 3 to 8 flowers in each whorl; the bracts are lanceolate; the calyx is bell-shaped, dark purple, lip-shaped, the upper lip is triangular, the lower lip is longer than the upper lip, and 2-lobed; the corolla is purple-red and lip-shaped; there are 2 stamens extending outside the corolla, with short filaments and long, filamentous connectives; there is 1 pistil.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in the shade and wet places of rocky mountains.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, pungent, cold.

【Functions and indications】Cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Treat vomiting blood, coughing up blood, epistaxis, bloody diarrhea, metrorrhagia, and bleeding from knife wounds.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian. For external use: mash and apply or grind into powder and sprinkle.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat vomiting blood: 3 grams of Fanbeihong, 3 grams each of chestnut parasite, lotus root node and cinnabar lotus. Take it in decoction.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

After understanding some of the effects and common knowledge of Cinnabar Grass, I hope that everyone will use scientific methods in the process of consumption to make it play a greater role.