Blood Full Grass, also known as Bone Connecting Grass or Bone Connecting Medicine, is distributed in Yunnan, Ningxia, Tibet, Qinghai, Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and other areas in China. It has the function of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and it is very effective in treating bruises and injuries.
【Morphological Characteristics of Blood Full Grass】
Blood Full Grass is a perennial upright herb, 1-2 meters tall. The roots are slender, cylindrical, and horizontally growing with numerous adventitious roots. The stems are round, with longitudinal stripes, obvious nodes, and covered with coarse hairs. When broken, they exude red juice.
The leaves are opposite; odd-pinnate compound leaves with paired raised glands; 3-11 leaflets, 8-16 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, with one larger ovate leaflet at the top and both sides of the smaller leaflets are lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate.
The apex gradually tapers to a long point, with finely serrated edges, and the base is rounded or broadly wedge-shaped. Both sides of the leaflets are sparsely hairy, lighter in color underneath, with pinnate veins;
The base of the top leaflet is often connected to the lower 2 pairs of leaflets; the base of the petiole often has leaf-like stipules.
The inflorescence is a conical umbel; the flowers are small, dense, and white, with yellow cup-shaped glands interspersed. The fruit is a berry-like drupe, black in color.
【Efficacy and Functions of Blood Full Grass】
1. Treats rheumatism pain
Blood Full Grass has a good therapeutic effect on the symptoms of rheumatism pain. For joint discomfort, it can be directly boiled and taken orally, and then applied externally to achieve analgesic effect;
2. Treats infantile paralysis
The treatment of this disease also needs to be combined with other acupuncture methods to achieve better results. During the medication process, the efficacy of medicinal liquor can also be utilized appropriately, which can produce a better therapeutic effect.
3. Treats edema
Blood Full Grass can be cooked together with other heat-clearing and mild-natured ingredients, such as tofu, to eliminate edema. In addition, it also has a good effect in treating colonic bleeding.
【Methods of Medicinal Use of Blood Full Grass】
1. Treat acute and chronic nephritis: Take 5 grams of Blood Full Grass, 30 grams of Bottlebrush Root, and 12 grams each of Mountain Bark and Stone Pepper Grass. Cook in water and take orally. Blood Full Grass can treat acute and chronic nephritis and also promote blood circulation.
2. Treat rheumatism pain and rubella: Take an appropriate amount of Blood Full Grass. Boil and use the water to wash the affected area.
3. Treat infantile paralysis and bruises: First, use plum blossom needles to puncture the affected area, then grind fresh Blood Full Grass stems and leaves into a powder, stir-fry with wine, and apply externally. Blood Full Grass can treat infantile paralysis and bruises, and has the function of relaxing tendons and activating collaterals.
4. Treat fractures: Take an appropriate amount of fresh Blood Full Grass, grind it into a paste, and apply it with wine or boiled water.
5. Treat edema: Take 3-5 grams of tender Blood Full Grass leaves and root bark, cook and take orally with tofu.
