Blood Mancao is the whole plant or root bark of the honeysuckle family plant Blood Mancao. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and dispelling wind, and can be used to treat infantile paralysis and rheumatism. Let's take a look at the efficacy and usage of Blood Mancao.
【Efficacy and Functions of Blood Mancao】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Blood Mancao has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, and promoting blood circulation. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, wind rash itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, sprains, and fractures.
1. "Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine": Dispels wind and promotes blood circulation, disperses stasis and relieves itching. It is mainly used to treat wind rash, rheumatic pain, infantile paralysis, bruises, fractures, and edema.
2. "Commonly Used Tibetan Traditional Chinese Medicine": Promotes blood circulation and dispels stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, and promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. It is used to treat wind-damp bi syndrome, chronic lumbago and leg pain, sprains, hematomas, and edema.
5. "Medicinal Plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau": "Used externally to treat boils, furuncles, neurodermatitis, and infantile eczema; taken orally to treat rheumatoid arthritis."
【Morphological Characteristics of Blood Mancao】
Blood Mancao is a perennial tall herb or semi-shrub, about 1-2 meters tall. The roots and rhizomes are red, and they have red juice when broken. The stems are herbaceous and have obvious angular ridges.
The inflorescence is umbellate, terminal, about 15 cm long; with peduncles, 3-5 branches in acute angles, initially covered with yellow short soft hairs, more or less mixed with glandular hairs; the flowers are small and have an unpleasant odor;
The calyx is 5-lobed, covered with short soft hairs, with triangular lobes, the lower part fused into a bell shape; the corolla is white, radially symmetrical, 5-lobed; the stamens are 5, alternate, attached to the throat of the corolla, the base of the filaments is swollen, and the anthers are yellow;
The ovary is 3-loculed, with a very short style and 3-lobed stigma. The berry is red and spherical. It flowers from May to July and fruits from September to October.
【Prescriptions and Applications of Blood Mancao】
1. Treatment of acute and chronic nephritis: Take 15 grams of Blood Mancao, 30 grams of Jiubinghua root, 12 grams of Shanpiti, and 12 grams of Shijiaocao. Decoction and take orally.
2. Treatment of rheumatic pain and wind rash: Take an appropriate amount of Blood Mancao. Decoction and use the liquid to wash the affected area.
3. Treatment of infantile paralysis and sprains: First use plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, then crush a suitable amount of fresh Blood Mancao stems and leaves, stir-fry with wine and apply externally.
4. Treatment of edema: Take 9-15 grams of tender leaves and root bark of Blood Mancao, cook with tofu and take orally.
