The Chinese herb Zizhu Ye has the effects of cooling blood, astringing and stopping bleeding, promoting blood circulation, resolving blood stasis, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. Let's take a look at the pictures of Zizhu Ye and its treatment for various diseases!
Image of Zizhu Ye
Zizhu Ye is a shrub or small tree with young branches covered in gray-white long hairs. The leaves are opposite, elongated oval to lanceolate in shape. The upper surface has short soft hairs and becomes slightly rough when old. The lower surface is densely covered in gray-white hairs and has indistinct golden yellow glandular spots. The inflorescence is umbel-like with 5-7 branching divisions, and the peduncle is 2-4cm long. The calyx is 4-toothed and covered in star-shaped soft hairs. The corolla is purple, tubular, with a 4-lobed apex and slightly covered in fine hairs. There are 4 stamens and the ovary is superior with 4 chambers. The fruit of Zizhu Ye is berry-like, small and spherical, with glandular spots, and turns purple-red when ripe. It flowers in the summer.
1. Treatment for hemoptysis:
Take 1.5-2g of powdered dried Zizhu Ye and mix it with egg white. Take it once every 4 hours. Then, take 6g of powdered dried Zizhu Ye, decoct it in water, and drink it as tea regularly. (Source: "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")
2. Treatment for hemoptysis caused by pulmonary tuberculosis and bleeding from gastric or duodenal ulcers:
Take equal amounts of Zizhu Ye and Baiji. Grind them into a fine powder. Take 6g of the powder three times a day. (Source: "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine")
3. Treatment for bleeding from gastric ulcers:
Take 120g of Zizhu Ye and decoct it in water. Drink the decoction. (Source: "Zhejiang Medicinal Plants")
4. Treatment for sprains and swelling:
Take 30g of Zizhu Ye, 30g of Goose Eats Grass, and 15g of Weilingxian. Decoct them in water and drink the decoction, or mash them together with pine resin oil and apply it externally to the affected area. (Source: "Qingdao Herbal Medicine Handbook")
5. Treatment for upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, pneumonia, and bronchitis:
Take 15g each of Zizhu Ye and Zijinniu, and 9g of Qinpi. Decoct them in water and drink the decoction once a day. (Source: "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine")
