In rural areas, there are many common Chinese herbal medicines. One of them is called "E Ma Huang." It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, clearing heat, and reducing swelling. Especially for female friends, appropriate intake can alleviate symptoms such as insufficient blood and abdominal pain. Cooking meat with E Ma Huang not only stimulates the appetite but also prevents heatstroke!
【E Ma Huang Stewed Meat to Stimulate Appetite】
When suffering from stomach problems, one may experience loss of appetite, nausea, and lack of energy to work. At this time, you can use E Ma Huang to stew meat and alleviate the discomfort caused by stomach pain.
In addition to cooking meat, E Ma Huang can also be used to make herbal tea. The taste of E Ma Huang in water is quite good and can stimulate the appetite.
E Ma Huang can prevent heatstroke. In the hot weather, you can use E Ma Huang to make soup.
E Ma Huang has a sweet taste and a cool property. When crushed and ground into a paste, it can be applied to the area bitten by poisonous snakes to detoxify and relieve pain quickly.
【The Original Plant Form of E Ma Huang】
E Ma Huang is a small shrub that grows 0.5-2 meters tall. The branches have sparse soft hairs. The leaf stalks have light yellow soft hairs. The stipules are lanceolate in shape. The leaves are trifoliate, with the terminal leaflet being broadly elliptical, 4.5-8.5 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide.
The apex is blunt and has a hard tip. The base is wedge-shaped, hairless on the upper surface, and has long yellow soft hairs on the veins on the lower surface. The lateral leaflets are small and slightly oblique.
The inflorescence is a raceme, axillary or terminal, up to 16 cm long, with numerous densely packed flowers. The bracts are lanceolate and fall off. The calyx is bell-shaped with lanceolate calyx lobes and long hairs;
The corolla is pink, with a banner petal about 1 cm long, clawless, wing petals the same length as the banner petal, and keel petals shorter. The ovary is linear, with sutures on the ventral and dorsal sides covered with silky hairs.
The fruit of E Ma Huang is 1.5-2.5 cm long, covered with dark brown silky hairs, with 4-7 pod joints, the ventral suture shrinks, and the dorsal suture slightly waves. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from September to November.
【The Effects and Functions of E Ma Huang】
E Ma Huang has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat abdominal pain, malnutrition in children, anemia in women, waist sprain, wounds, urethritis, parotitis, and snake bites.
① "Emei Medicinal Plants": "Clears heat and promotes the expression."
② "Guizhou Medicinal Herbs": "Nourishes the weak, promotes blood circulation, treats malaria, and relieves pain."
③ "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Improves digestion and relieves pain, detoxifies snake venom. Used to treat stomach pain, malnutrition in children, and snake bites."
