Blood Full Herb, also known as Jie Guo Herb, is the whole herb or root bark of the honeysuckle family plant Blood Full Herb. It is mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and other places in China. It has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, activating blood circulation and dredging collaterals. It can be used to treat rheumatism, fractures and other conditions. Let's learn more about the efficacy and action of Blood Full Herb.
【Identification of Blood Full Herb】
Blood Full Herb stems are cylindrical with a diameter of 0.3-1.5cm. The surface is grayish-green to greenish-brown, hard and brittle. The stems have multiple longitudinal ridges, which are covered with yellow-brown to rust-colored short hairs. The ridges are almost hairless.
The outer layer of the stem is hard and woody. The pith is wide and white, loose and spongy, slightly shiny, with scattered brownish-red spots, mostly on the outer side of the pith.
The odd-pinnate compound leaves are opposite, with greenish-brown to dark green leaflets, short stalks, and covered with short hairs. The leaflets are often wrinkled and broken, and when fully expanded, they are lanceolate in shape, 5-15cm long and 2-4cm wide, with serrated edges.
Flowers are occasionally present, with small, shallow yellow or white flowers in terminal panicles. The scent is slightly fragrant, with a mild and slightly astringent taste.
The color of the stem surface, the longitudinal ridges and hair situation, the wide pith and scattered brownish-red spots are the most distinctive identification points.
【Efficacy and Action of Blood Full Herb】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Blood Full Herb has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling, detoxification, activating blood and relieving pain. It is used for contusions, rheumatic pain, and edema. It can also be used externally to treat fractures.
1. "Plant Name and Image Study": "Soak for athlete's foot and swollen legs."
2. "Yunnan Herbal Medicine": "Dispels wind, activates collaterals, disperses stasis, relieves itching. Mainly used for wind rash, rheumatic pain, infantile paralysis, contusions, fractures, and edema."
3. "Common Tibetan Herbal Medicine": "Activates blood circulation, disperses stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Mainly used for rheumatoid arthritis, chronic back and leg pain, sprains, hematoma, edema, and fractures."
4. "Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Medicinal Plant Atlas": "Used externally for boils, neurodermatitis, and infantile eczema; taken internally for rheumatoid arthritis."
【Clinical Applications of Blood Full Herb】
1. Treatment of acute and chronic nephritis: 15g of Blood Full Herb, 30g of Wine Bottle Flower Root, 12g each of Mountain Bark and Stone Pepper Herb. Decoction and oral administration. ("Selected Materials from the National Exhibition of New Medical Methods with Chinese Medicinal Herbs")
2. Treatment of rheumatic pain and wind rash: Take an appropriate amount of Blood Full Herb. Decoct and wash the affected area.
3. Treatment of infantile paralysis and contusions: First use plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, then grind fresh Blood Full Herb stems and leaves, wrap them with wine.
4. Treatment of fractures: Take an appropriate amount of fresh Blood Full Herb, mash it, and apply it with wine or boiled water.
5. Treatment of edema: Take 3-5 qian (9-15g) of tender Blood Full Herb leaves and root bark, cook them with tofu and consume.
6. Treatment of rectal bleeding and prolapse: Blood Full Herb, Black Lock Plum Root, and Mangzhong Flower Root, cook with pork and eat. ("Common Herbal Medicine Used by the People of Kunming")
