Xuemancao, a Chinese herbal medicine. It is the whole plant or root bark of the honeysuckle family plant xuemancao. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet, among other places.
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【Properties and Channels】
Xuemancao has a spicy, sweet, and warm taste. It belongs to the spleen and kidney meridians and is non-toxic.
① "Yunnan Chinese Medicinal Herbs": "Spicy, warm."
② "Commonly Used Tibetan Chinese Medicinal Herbs": "Sweet, mild, neutral."
③ "Commonly Used Folk Herbs in Kunming": "Sour, astringent, neutral."
【Effects and Uses of Xuemancao】
Xuemancao has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing blood stasis, and promoting meridian circulation. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, rubella itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, sprains, and fractures.
1. "Illustrated Study of Plant Names": "Soak feet to relieve damp swelling."
2. "Yunnan Chinese Medicinal Herbs": "Dispels wind and promotes meridian circulation, disperses blood stasis and relieves itching. Mainly used for rubella, rheumatic pain, infantile paralysis, contusions and injuries, fractures, and edema."
3. "Commonly Used Tibetan Chinese Medicinal Herbs": "Activates blood circulation, dispels blood stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Mainly used for rheumatoid arthritis, chronic lower back and leg pain, sprains, hematomas, edema, and fractures."
4. "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Medicinal Plants": "Used externally to treat ulcers, furuncles, neurodermatitis, and infantile eczema; taken internally to treat rheumatoid arthritis."
5. "Commonly Used Folk Herbs in Kunming": "Dispels wind and dampness, nourishes blood, activates blood circulation, and promotes diuresis."
