The Chinese medicine Chishang San is the whole plant of the Polygonaceae plant, including Persicaria wallichii or Polygonum orientale, which is used for its heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. It is now commonly used in modern Chinese-style gardens to add a Chinese flavor.
【Habitat Distribution of Chishang San】
Ecological Environment:
1. It grows in shady and humid areas such as roadsides, ditches, and grasslands, or it can be cultivated.
2. It grows in subalpine slopes below 3000m and grasslands in valleys.
Distribution:
1. It is distributed in Southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Tibet, and other regions.
2. It is distributed in Southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Tibet, and other regions.
【Effects and Functions of Chishang San】
Chishang San has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling. It is used to treat dysentery, leukorrhea, heat-induced headache, excessive menstruation, amenorrhea, mammary abscesses, and injuries caused by falls or blows.
1. "Compilation of Folk Commonly Used Herbal Medicines": "Clears heat from the three burners and treats dizziness."
2. "Pharmacopoeia of Hunan Province": "Has analgesic effects."
3. "Practical Selection of Traditional Chinese Medicines in Guangxi": "Reduces swelling and detoxifies. Used to treat snake bites, abscesses, unidentified swelling and toxins, and mastitis."
4. "Commonly Used Traditional Chinese Medicines in Sichuan": "Clears heat, promotes blood circulation. Used to treat internal injuries, heat-induced dizziness and headaches, excessive menstruation, amenorrhea, dry cough due to deficiency fire, dysentery, and abscesses."
【Cultivation of Chishang San】
Chishang San is not only used as ground cover but also used in many modern Chinese-style gardens to add a Chinese flavor.
The flowers and leaves of Chishang San have some unique markings. In spring, the young branches, leaf stalks, and leaf veins are purple-red, and the mature leaves in summer are green with rust-red patches in the center and light purple-red edges.
In addition to its color, Chishang San has another distinctive feature: it has a pair of round ears at the leaf base with purple-black markings on top.
