Blood-filling herb, also known as bone-setting herb, is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine for promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It has rich medicinal value and is particularly effective in treating rheumatic pain. Let's learn about the efficacy and usage of blood-filling herb!
【Treatment Methods of Blood-filling Herb】
1. Treatment of rheumatic pain
This medicine has a good therapeutic effect on rheumatic pain. It can be directly decocted with water and taken orally for joint pain. It can also be applied externally to achieve analgesic effect.
2. Treatment of infantile paralysis
The treatment of this disease requires the use of acupuncture in combination with other methods to achieve better results. During the medication process, the use of medicated wine can also produce good therapeutic effects.
3. Treatment of edema
It can be cooked together with other mild heat-clearing ingredients, such as tofu, to eliminate edema. In addition, it also has a good effect on the treatment of colon bleeding.
【Identification of Blood-filling Herb】
Blood-filling herb is a perennial erect herb, 1-2 meters high. The roots are slender, cylindrical, and horizontally grown, with numerous fibrous roots. The stems are round, with longitudinal grooves, obvious nodes, and covered with coarse hairs. When broken, they exude red juice.
Leaves are opposite; pinnately compound with raised paired glands; leaflets are 3-11, 8-16 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, with one larger at the top, ovate, and the lateral leaflets are lanceolate to ovate.
The apex is gradually pointed, with fine serrations on the edges, and the base is flat or broad-wedge-shaped. Both sides of the lateral leaflets are asymmetrical, sparsely hairy, and the lower side is lighter in color. The lateral veins are feather-like.
The top leaflet is often connected to the lower two pairs of leaflets; the leaf stalk often has small leaf-like stipules at the base.
The inflorescence is cone-shaped umbel; the flowers are small, dense, and white, with yellow cup-shaped glands interspersed. The fruit is berry-like, black. It grows in open fields and damp forests. Distributed in Yunnan, Tibet, and other places.
【Application of Blood-filling Herb in Prescriptions】
1. Treatment of acute and chronic nephritis: 50 grams of blood-filling herb, 30 grams of wine bottle flower roots, 12 grams of mountain skin strips, and 12 grams of stone pepper herb. Decoct and take orally.
2. Treatment of rheumatic pain, rubella: Appropriate amount of blood-filling herb. Decoct and use the liquid to wash the affected area.
3. Treatment of infantile paralysis, bruises: First use plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, then crush the fresh stems and leaves of blood-filling herb, and stir-fry with wine for external application.
4. Treatment of fractures: Appropriate amount of fresh blood-filling herb, crush and mix with wine or hot water for dressing.
5. Treatment of edema: 3-5 grams of tender leaves and root bark of blood-filling herb, cooked and taken with tofu.
6. Treatment of colon bleeding, prolapse of the anus: Blood-filling herb, black lock plum root, and mugwort flower root, boiled and eaten with pork.
