The efficacy and function of sheep dung flower

Sheep dung flower is a kind of traditional Chinese medicinal material with very wide effects. We can use sheep dung flower in many places. Sheep dung flower also plays a very important role in the treatment and relief of many diseases. Now let us learn about sheep dung flower.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The flower of Viburnum neriifolia, a plant of the Ninjaceae family.

[Original form] Viburnum truncatum is an evergreen shrub, up to 2m tall. Young branches are densely covered with gray-brown star-shaped hairs, old branches are brown, and winter buds have no scales. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 5-10mm long; leaves are leathery, leaf blade is elliptic-ovate to oblong, 2-7cm long, 0.8-3.5cm wide, tip is rounded to slightly obtuse, base is rounded, margin is entire, margin is involute, dark green and shiny and glabrous above, covered with grayish white star-shaped felt hairs below, with 5-6 pairs of lateral veins raised below. The cyme is 5-7cm in diameter and has stellate hairs; the peduncle is stout, 1-3cm long, with usually 5 first-level radiating branches, and the flowers are usually born under the second-3rd-level radiating branches; the calyx tube is about 2mm long, and the calyx margin has 5 obtuse teeth; the corolla is white, with a light pink bud, radial, 6-7mm in diameter, and the corolla tube is about 1.5mm long; there are 5 stamens, which are about the same length as the corolla; the style is nearly equal to the calyx teeth. The drupe is oval, about 7mm long, first red and then black when ripe; the core is flat, with 2 shallow grooves on the back and 2 shallow grooves on the abdomen. The flowering period is from March to August, and the fruiting period is August.

【Function and indication】Detoxification and meridian regulation. Mainly used for wool boils and traumatic injuries

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the affected area.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that the Chinese medicine sheep dung flower plays a very important role in many aspects. Proper consumption of sheep dung flowers has many benefits to our body.