The traditional Chinese medicine Chishensan, is the whole plant of Lysimachia christinae Hance or Lysimachia christinae Hance var. huachihensis Hance. Chishensan has high medicinal value and can be used to treat injuries. Let's learn more about Chishensan!
[Medicinal Value of Chishensan]
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chishensan is believed to have the effects of clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. It is used to treat dysentery, leucorrhea, heat-induced headaches, irregular menstruation, breast abscesses, and injuries from falls.
Chishensan has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and blood circulation-promoting effects. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that the alcoholic extract of Chishensan has a significant effect on certain dysentery bacteria and also exhibits strong antioxidant activity.
Treatment for mastitis: Mash the whole plant of Chishensan or the tubers of potatoes and wild buckwheat, and apply externally with fermented rice.
Precautions: People with weak qi and deficiency in the superficial energy should avoid taking it; it is advisable to consume less if you have a stagnant energy, as excessive consumption may cause menstrual irregularities in women; pregnant women should use it with caution as it may cause fetal developmental abnormalities.
[Methods of Purchasing Chishensan]
The rhizome of Chishensan is slender and reddish-brown, with swollen nodes and numerous fibrous roots. The stem is cylindrical, slender, slightly flattened, and slightly branched in the upper part, pale green or slightly reddish-brown, with or without hairs, and the cross-section is hollow.
The leaves are ovate, lanceolate, or triangular-ovate, 5-8cm long, 3-5cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, nearly truncate or slightly cordate at the base, extending down to the petiole, and forming 1-3 pairs of inwardly concave circular lobes on both sides;
There are triangular dark purple spots on the upper surface, the leaf sheath is tubular, membranous, and brown. The inflorescence is terminal, composed of several head-like inflorescences, and the corolla is white or pink. It has a faint odor and a slightly astringent taste.
[Cultivation Techniques of Chishensan]
Biological characteristics of Chishensan: It prefers shade and dampness and can tolerate cold. It grows better in loose, fertile, and well-drained soil.
Cultivation techniques: It can be propagated by division or seeds, with division being the main method.
During the period from the withering of the plant in winter to the emergence of new shoots in spring, dig up the rhizomes and divide them into single plants, leaving buds and fibrous roots on each plant.
When planting, plow the land and make a 1.3m wide high bed, with a spacing of about 33cm between rows and plants.
Plant 2 plants in each hole, compact the soil in the planting area, apply animal and poultry manure water and wood ash, and finally cover with fine soil to make it level with the bed surface.
