Blood Full Grass, also known as Bone-setting Medicine, Bone-setting Pill, Blood Vessel Grass, etc., is the whole plant or root bark of the honeysuckle family plant Blood Full Grass. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and is commonly used in the treatment of rheumatism, sprains, fractures, and other ailments. Can Chinese herbal medicine Blood Full Grass be artificially cultivated?
Can Blood Full Grass be artificially cultivated?
Blood Full Grass grows in forests, slopes, wetlands in valleys, and alpine grasslands at an altitude of 1600-3600 meters. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet.
It is commonly used in folk medicine for injuries, promoting blood circulation and resolving bruises, as well as for rheumatism and diuresis. Currently, it has not been artificially cultivated, but it is a potential valuable orthopedic herb.
However, Blood Full Grass has one annoying feature, which is that it will bloom after May, and it will emit a foul odor when it blooms, making people feel nauseous.
Introduction of Blood Full Grass
Blood Full Grass, also known as Bone-setting Grass, Walking Arrow, etc., belongs to the plant Bone-setting Grass. There are only about 20 species of this genus in the world. Its stem has edges (about eight edges) and is easily broken. It has a pith, leaves are opposite, odd pinnate compound leaves, with fine serrations on the edges, and a pungent odor when rubbed. The flowers are very small, white, and the berries are spherical and turn red when ripe. It usually blooms from June to August, and the fruits ripen from September to October.
It is mainly distributed in villages, under forests, and shrubs in Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and other places, reaching a height of 2 meters.
It is commonly used in folk medicine for injuries, promoting blood circulation and resolving bruises, as well as for rheumatism and diuresis. Currently, it has not been artificially cultivated, but it is a potential valuable orthopedic herb.
However, Blood Full Grass has one annoying feature, which is that it will bloom after May, and it will emit a foul odor when it blooms, making people feel nauseous.
Treatment of Fractures with Blood Full Grass
Take the roots and stems of Blood Full Grass, wash and dry them, grind them into powder, mix with a small amount of flour when using, and mix with white wine at a ratio of 4:1 to make a paste. Apply the paste to the fractured area and fix it with a splint. Change the medication every 5-10 days and add white wine once every other day to enhance the medicinal effect. The function will recover quickly.
In Chinese medicine, in addition to using it in traditional Chinese medicine and Tibetan medicine, the Hani ethnic group uses its leaves to treat fractures and sprains.
The Tujia ethnic group uses it to treat bruises, sprains, fractures, and swelling and pain in bones and muscles.
The Buyi ethnic group also has a folk prescription. They use the stems and branches of Blood Full Grass to treat rheumatism, bone and joint pain, injuries from falls, fractures, and bleeding wounds.
