Red Leg Powder, also known as San Xue Cao, has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling. It can treat dysentery, leucorrhea, feverish headache, menorrhagia, amenorrhea, breast abscess, and injuries. Let's learn more about the effects and functions of Red Leg Powder.
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【The effects and functions of Red Leg Powder】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Red Leg Powder has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, leucorrhea, feverish headache, menorrhagia, amenorrhea, breast abscess, and injuries.
1. "Compilation of Folk Common Herbs": "Clears heat in the Triple Burner and treats dizziness."
2. "Hunan Materia Medica": "Has analgesic properties."
3. "Practical Selection of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Guangxi": "Reduces swelling and detoxifies. Treats snake bites, abscesses, unidentified swellings, and mastitis."
4. "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Sichuan": "Clears heat, promotes blood circulation. Treats internal injuries, feverish headaches, menorrhagia, amenorrhea, chronic cough due to deficiency fire, dysentery with blood and mucus, abscesses, and ulcers."
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【Cultivation methods of Red Leg Powder】
Red Leg Powder prefers shade and moisture, and can tolerate cold temperatures. It grows best in loose, fertile soil with good drainage.
Key points for cultivating Red Leg Powder: It can be propagated by sowing seeds or dividing the plant. Division can be done in spring or autumn, while sowing is best done in spring. It is a robust plant that requires minimal management. It is advisable to provide some shade, and in autumn and winter, the withered parts above ground should be cleared to facilitate new shoots in the following spring.
1. Leaf cuttings: Mainly refers to using leaves as cuttings to root and grow into a complete plant. Usually, these leaves have thick petioles, veins, or fleshy leaves. The selected leaves must be well-grown.
2. Stem cuttings: Stem segments are used as cuttings for propagation. Depending on the season, it can be divided into softwood cuttings and hardwood cuttings. Softwood cuttings are done during the growing season and the cuttings are branches that have not completely lignified.
3. Root cuttings: Some flowers can produce adventitious buds on the roots, which can form new plants. Therefore, roots can be used as cuttings for propagation. The roots used for cuttings are generally thick and some may even be slightly fleshy, such as Peony.
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【Pharmacological effects of Red Leg Powder】
1. Blood circulation and pain relief
Red Leg Powder is indeed recorded in the Chinese herbal medicine compilation as having analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and blood circulation-promoting effects.
Modern pharmacological research has shown that the alcoholic extract of Red Leg Powder has a significant effect on a certain strain of dysentery bacteria and also has strong antioxidant activity.
2. Antibacterial effect
Using agar plate diffusion method, it has been shown that the alcoholic extract of Red Leg Powder has a significant antibacterial effect against gram-negative Shigella dysenteriae, and the intensity of the antibacterial effect is positively correlated with the concentration of the extract. It has no antibacterial effect on gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus or gram-negative Escherichia coli.
Precautions: It is not suitable for those with weak Qi and deficiency of surface. It is advisable to consume in moderation during periods of rest to avoid menstrual irregularities in women. Pregnant women should avoid use as it may cause fetal developmental abnormalities.
