The efficacy and function of purple-backed aster grass

Purple-backed geranium is a very familiar medicinal herb with unusual effects and functions. It is the key to cure many diseases. Let's have a deeper understanding of purple-backed geranium!

[Alias] Purple-backed deer holding grass (Southern Yunnan Materia Medica), Purple-backed deer holding grass (Kunming Folk Commonly Used Herbs), Back Red, Herbal Back Rainbow, Sky Blue and Earth Red, Old Sow Flower Head, Back Green Pill (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Senecio purpurogenum, a plant of the Asteraceae family. Harvested in autumn and winter.

[Original morphology] Perennial erect herb, 50 to 70 cm tall. There are many fibrous roots. The leaves are clustered at the roots, long spoon-shaped, 7-12 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, obtuse at the tip, cuneate at the base, with coarse teeth on the edges, dark green above, green or purple-red below, hairy when young, falling off and nearly hairless when old; leaf veins are obvious. The inflorescences are arranged in capitula or cymes, terminal; the involucres are in one row; the flowers are yellow, the ligulate flowers are stalked, obovate, and 3-toothed at the apex; the tubular flowers are narrow and funnel-shaped, and 5-toothed. Achenes, many silky hairs. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on hillsides, grass and moist places. Distributed in Yunnan and other places.

【Chemical composition】 Contains biological alkali.

[Properties and flavors] "Kunming Folk Common Herbs": "spicy, slightly sour and moist, neutral."

[Functions and indications] "Commonly used folk herbs in Kunming": "Removes blood stasis, promotes blood circulation, and regulates menstruation. Treats irregular menstruation, excessive leucorrhea, rheumatism, and internal and external injuries from falls."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3 to 5 qian; or soaked in wine.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

From the above introduction to purple-backed gypsophila, we can see that purple-backed gypsophila is of great help to the human body. It can improve some bad symptoms of the human body and is a very useful medicinal material for the human body.