Gangban Gui has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and reducing swelling. Gangban Gui can also treat yellow wasp stings. Let's take a look at the specific methods with the editor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Medicine Website!
Picture of Gangban Gui
[Method of treating yellow wasp stings with Gangban Gui]
Composition: Fresh Gangban Gui 56.3 grams (cleaned), a little sweet wine
Usage: Mash, squeeze the juice, and mix it with sweet wine. This method can be used to treat snake bites and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.
[Original form of Gangban Gui]
Gangban Gui is a perennial herbaceous plant. The stem is angular and reddish-brown, with downward hooked thorns.
Leaves are opposite, shield-shaped; leaf blades are nearly triangular, 4 to 6 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, pointed at the tip, nearly heart-shaped or truncate at the base, and sparsely hooked thorns are present on the lower surface along the veins; stipules are nearly circular and sheathing the stem; leaf stalks are long, sparsely with hooked thorns.
Inflorescence is short and spike-like; bracts are round; corollas are 5 deeply divided, pale red or white, enlarging and becoming fleshy and deep blue when fruiting; stamens are 8; pistil is 3-lobed.
The achene is spherical and enclosed within the juicy blue corolla. Flowering period is from June to August, and fruiting period is from September to October.
