The efficacy and function of rock winter vegetable

For Chinese medicinal materials such as rock lettuce, we should first understand its medicinal value and precautions before eating it. The following is an introduction to rock winter vegetables. I hope you can read it carefully, which will be of great help in eating it.

[Other names] Haijiaoqi, barefoot immortal, crooked foot grass, gun flower medicine, green bean green, dog liver grass, nine-headed lion grass, water armor flower

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Indigofera chinensis of the Acanthaceae family.

[Original form] Four-star blue slender herb. Stems usually prostrate, rarely erect. Leaves are opposite; petiolate; leaf blade is ovate to elliptic, 1.5-5cm long, obtuse or slightly pointed at apex, broadly cuneate at base, with shallowly serrated edges. Flowers are few and gathered in short spikes; bracts are leaf-like to obovate or spoon-shaped, with short soft hairs; bracteoles are linear, about 4mm long; calyx is deeply 5-parted, with lobes linear, 5-7mm long; corolla is lavender, 12-23mm long, corolla tube is slightly curved, hairy on the outside, with long curved soft hairs on the inside, corolla 2-lobed, lobes nearly round, apex slightly concave; stamens 4, didynamous, filaments base connected by membrane, with 1 degenerate stamen remnant. The capsule is club-shaped, 7-10 mm long, with fine hairs near the top. Seeds 4, slightly hairy.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on rocks under forests or in shady and wet grasslands.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; slightly bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】Disperse wind-heat; activate meridians; detoxify. It is used for wind-heat cold, rheumatic bone pain, traumatic injury, sore, furuncle and swelling.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply it; or decoct it into a water solution for fumigation and washing.

【Note】 People with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects, functions and eating methods of rock winter vegetables. When choosing it, you need to understand how to use it.