Blood-filling Herb looks very beautiful, but it smells stinky, so many people don't like it. However, it has good medicinal effects. Now let's learn about the identification methods of Blood-filling Herb!
【The Efficacy and Function of Blood-filling Herb】
Blood-filling Herb has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, activating blood circulation, and dredging collaterals. It is commonly used for acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, rubella itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, chronic back and leg pain, sprains and bruises, and fractures.
1. "Medicinal Atlas of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau": Used externally for treating acne and furuncles, neurodermatitis. Taken orally for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
2. "Plant Names and Realities": Soaking for athlete's foot and edema.
3. "Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine": Dispels wind, activates collaterals, disperses stasis, and relieves itching.
4. "Commonly Used Traditional Chinese Medicine in Tibet": Activates blood circulation, dispels stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, promotes diuresis, and reduces swelling.
【Identification Methods of Blood-filling Herb】
1. Look at the appearance
The stem of Blood-filling Herb is cylindrical, with a diameter of 0.3-2.5cm. The surface is gray-green to dark brown, with multiple longitudinal ridges. The ridges are covered with yellow-brown to rust-colored short hairs. The medullary part is wide and white, loose and spongy, slightly glossy, with scattered brown-red spots, more on the outer side of the medullary part.
2. Smell the odor
Blood-filling Herb has a slightly fragrant smell.
3. Taste the flavor
It has a relatively mild and slightly astringent taste.
【Medicinal Usage of Blood-filling Herb】
1. For the treatment of acute and chronic nephritis: Take 5 grams of Blood-filling Herb, 30 grams of Jiu Ping Hua root, 12 grams of Shan Pi Tiao, and 12 grams of Shi Jiao Cao. Decoct and take orally.
2. For the treatment of rheumatic pain and rubella: Take an appropriate amount of Blood-filling Herb. Decoct and use the liquid to wash the affected area.
3. For the treatment of infantile paralysis and injuries from falls: First, use a plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, then grind an appropriate amount of fresh Blood-filling Herb stems and leaves, and wrap them with wine-fried external packaging.
4. For the treatment of fractures: Take an appropriate amount of fresh whole Blood-filling Herb, grind it into a paste, and apply it with wine or boiled water.
5. For the treatment of edema: Take 9-15 grams of tender Blood-filling Herb leaves and root bark, cook with tofu, and consume.
6. For the treatment of rectal bleeding and anal prolapse: Take Blood-filling Herb, Hei Suo Mei root, and Mang Zhong Hua root, cook with pork and consume.
