The efficacy and function of snake eye chrysanthemum

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, Snake Eye Chrysanthemum, to you and describe the effects of Snake Eye Chrysanthemum in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

【English name】 all grass of Planis corepsis

[Other names] cosmos, malachite, dysentery grass

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Coreopsis bicolor, a plant of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Coreopsis bicolor is an annual herb, 60-120cm tall. The stem is erect, finely ridged, glabrous, and slightly branched at the top. Leaves opposite: leaf blade bipinnately divided, lobes linear or linear-lanceolate; lower and middle leaves petiolate; upper leaves less divided, without petioles. The capitula grows at the end of the branches, with a diameter of about 3cm and slender stalks 3-8cm long; there are two layers of bracts, the outer bracts are slightly shorter than the inner ones, linear-long elliptical, about 2mm long, and the inner bracts are ovate, 5-6mm long; there is one layer of ligulate flowers, sterile or less fertile, the ligules are yellow or yellow on the upper part, dark brown at the base, obovate, with three shallow lobes at the apex; the tubular flowers are bisexual, can often gestate in the shade, and are brown-red. Achenes are linear-oblong, slightly curved, wingless and awnless. Flowering period is from June to August.

[Habitat distribution] Cultivated throughout the country. Native to North America.

[Chemical composition] The root contains tridec-11-en-3,5,7,9-tetrayne, cis -7-phenylhept-2-en-4,6-diyn-1-ol acetate [1], 1-hydroxy-eugenol-4-isobutyrate, 1,2-epoxy-(Z)-coniferyl alcohol-4-isobutyrate [2,3]. Contains two flavonoid glycosides: flavanomarein [4].

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Clears dampness and heat; detoxifies and eliminates carbuncle. It is used for damp-heat dysentery; red and swollen eyes; carbuncle, swelling and sore.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Whole plant: sweet in taste, neutral in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing dampness. Used for acute and chronic dysentery, red and swollen eyes.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article introduces to us what snake-eye chrysanthemum is. We know that snake-eye chrysanthemum has a very high medicinal effect, but we must remind everyone that snake-eye chrysanthemum should generally not be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.