Mujingli is a plant that produces purple flowers, which adds to its ornamental value. It is distributed in East China, Hebei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, and other regions. It has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, promoting blood circulation, and regulating qi.
Picture of Mujingli
【Medicinal properties and effects of Mujingli】
Mujingli has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, resolving phlegm and saliva, promoting blood circulation, and regulating qi. It is used for conditions such as stroke-induced lockjaw, phlegm-heat-induced epilepsy, dizziness, throat obstruction, heat dysentery, and conjunctivitis.
① "Deng Zhen Yin Jue": "Used for treating heart wind."
② "Ben Cao Tai Yi": "Drinking Mujingli can relieve chest stuffiness, restlessness, dizziness, nausea, sudden loss of voice, and childhood epilepsy caused by heart heat; it can also relieve thirst and resolve phlegm, making people less sleepy."
③ "Dan Xi Xin Fa": "Opens meridians, promotes blood circulation."
④ "Gang Mu": "Dispels wind and heat, opens meridians, resolves phlegm and saliva, promotes blood and qi circulation, relieves heat dysentery."
【Compatibility and application of Mujingli】
① Used for treating stroke-induced lockjaw: take Mujingli, one liter per dose. ("Fan Wang Fang")
② Used for treating high fever and spasms, wheezing and shortness of breath: take Mujingli and bamboo juice, mix with boiling water and drink. ("Hunan Pharmacopoeia")
③ Used for treating dizziness: take an unrestricted amount of Mujingli to relieve symptoms. ("Qian Jin Fang")
④ Used for treating throat obstruction: burn Mujingli and consume the resulting liquid. ("Qian Jin Fang")
⑤ Used for treating chronic dysentery: burn large quantities of Mujingli to obtain the liquid, take five to six doses to see improvement. ("Zhou Hou Fang")
⑥ Used for treating sudden eye pain: burn Mujingli wood and apply the yellow juice to the affected area. ("Zhou Hou Fang")
⑦ Used for treating conjunctivitis: apply drops of Mujingli juice to the eyes. ("Hunan Pharmacopoeia")
⑧ Used for treating sores: burn Mujingli wood and apply the juice to the affected area. ("Seng Shen Ji Fang")
【Morphology of Mujingli】
Mujingli is a deciduous shrub or small tree, growing up to 1-5 meters tall. It has many branches and a fragrant smell. The small branches are four-sided, green, and covered in coarse hairs, while older branches are brown and round.
It has palmate compound leaves with opposite arrangement; there are usually five leaflets, occasionally three, with the central one being the largest. The leaflets are lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, with a wedge-shaped base and coarse serrations along the edges. The upper surface is green, and the lower surface is light green, often covered in soft hairs.
The inflorescence is a conical panicle, 10-20 cm long. The calyx is bell-shaped with five toothed lobes at the tip, and the corolla is pale purple with five split lips. The fruit of Mujingli is spherical and black. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to October.
