Red-rooted Salvia can be used as a whole plant or its root bark for medicinal purposes. It has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, activating blood circulation, and dredging meridians. It is commonly used for acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, wind rash itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, and fractures. Let's learn more about the effects and applications of Red-rooted Salvia.
【Medicinal Effects of Red-rooted Salvia】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Red-rooted Salvia has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, and dredging meridians. It is mainly used for acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, wind rash itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, sprains, and fractures.
1. "Yunnan Medicinal Herbs": It dispels wind, activates collaterals, disperses stasis, and relieves itching. It is mainly used for wind rash, rheumatic pain, infantile paralysis, bruises, fractures, and edema.
2. "Commonly Used Medicinal Herbs in Tibet": It activates blood circulation, disperses stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, and eliminates swelling. It is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, chronic lumbago and leg pain, sprains, hematomas, and edema.
3. "Commonly Used Folk Herbs in Kunming": It dispels wind and dampness, nourishes blood, activates blood circulation, and promotes diuresis.
4. "Illustrated Study on the Names and Realities of Plants": "It relieves athlete's foot and damp swelling."
5. "Illustrated Medicinal Plants of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau": "It is used externally to treat boils, impetigo, and infantile eczema; taken internally to treat rheumatoid arthritis."
【Application Value of Red-rooted Salvia】
Red-rooted Salvia for acute and chronic nephritis: Prepare 50 grams of Red-rooted Salvia, 30 grams of Hua Gen, 40 grams of Shan Pi Tiao, and 40 grams of Shi Jiao Cao. Decoct and take orally. This formula has a very good therapeutic effect on acute and chronic nephritis.
Red-rooted Salvia for rheumatic pain and wind rash: Use an appropriate amount of Red-rooted Salvia to decoct and wash the affected area. This formula can be used to treat patients with rheumatic pain and wind rash.
Red-rooted Salvia for infantile paralysis and sprains: First, use a plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, and then grind a suitable amount of fresh Red-rooted Salvia stems and leaves into powder, stir-fry with wine, and apply it externally. This can effectively treat infantile paralysis and sprains.
Red-rooted Salvia for fractures: Use an appropriate amount of fresh Red-rooted Salvia, mash it, and apply it with wine or boiled water to assist in the treatment of fractures.
Red-rooted Salvia for edema: Use 30-50 grams of Red-rooted Salvia tender leaves and root bark, cook with tofu, and take orally. This formula can be used to treat edema.
Red-rooted Salvia for rectal bleeding and prolapse: Prepare Red-rooted Salvia, Black Lock Mei Root, and Mangzhonghua Root, and cook with pork to consume. This can be used to treat rectal bleeding and prolapse.
