The whole plant of Emaohuang is a legume plant. It is also known as Xifengdai, Shanjiaodou, Shandougen, and Dahongpao. Emaohuang is mainly distributed in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of China and can be used as traditional Chinese medicine after harvesting in the summer and autumn seasons. Let's learn about the efficacy and usage of Emaohuang below.
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【Morphological Characteristics of Emaohuang】
Emaohuang, also known as Duohuashanmaohuang, is an erect shrub that grows 1-2 meters tall. It branches a lot, and the young branches have angles and are densely covered with light yellow to white soft hairs, which gradually disappear when they are old. The stems are cylindrical with a diameter of about 3mm and have longitudinal ribs on the surface.
The leaves are pinnately trifoliate, with 3 leaflets; the leaflets are narrowly ovate to ovate, 4-11mm long and 1.5-2.5mm wide; the petioles are 1.5-4cm long and covered with hairs;
The trifoliate leaves are visible, with the terminal leaflet being larger, 5.5-9cm long and 3.5-5cm wide, elliptic-ovate to obovate; the apex is obtuse or acute, with a hard tip; the base is wedge-shaped; the margin is entire; the color is pale green, and the lower surface is covered with soft hairs, with a crisp texture.
The pods are 15-24mm long, with the ventral suture nearly straight or slightly undulated, and the dorsal suture dentate, with 4-7 pod segments. The pod segments are inverted ovate, about 3mm long and wide.
They are densely covered with appressed brown filamentous hairs. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from August to October. It has a faint scent and a beany smell. It is distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, and other places.
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【Efficacy and Usage of Emaohuang】
Although the name of Emaohuang may sound strange, it is of high value. In the past, in rural areas, when farmers fell ill, they would go to the mountains to dig some herbs to treat their illnesses. Among them, Emaohuang was a commonly used medicinal material for the farmers.
Farmers would dig out Emaohuang and dry them in the sun all year round. When they had stomach problems, they would boil it in water and drink it to alleviate the discomfort.
In addition, stewing meat with Emaohuang is excellent. It not only tastes good but also treats malnutrition. When children have malnutrition and refuse to eat, stewing meat with Emaohuang and giving it to them can not only increase their appetite but also improve their malnutrition.
In the "National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine," there is also a record of a method of using Emaohuang to treat malnutrition in children: 30g of Emaohuang, stewed with pork, and taken as soup. It is almost the same as the folk remedy.
In addition to treating stomach pain and malnutrition in children, Emaohuang can also prevent heatstroke. In the summer, you can directly boil it in soup and drink it.
It can be used not only internally but also externally. It has a remarkable effect on treating snake bites. So, don't underestimate the "Emaohuang" plant when you see it in the countryside and avoid stepping on it casually.
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【Clinical Applications of Emaohuang】
1. Treatment for retained placenta: In many rural areas, some women have difficulty expelling the placenta after childbirth. The elderly people use Emaohuang to make prescriptions to help with treatment.
Nowadays, Emaohuang is widely used in clinical practice. You can use wild soybean, Huangshi leaf, calcined lotus room, decoct them in water, and take it to treat retained placenta.
2. Treatment for postpartum body pain: Wild soybean mixed with brown sugar and stewed chicken can be taken.
Emaohuang is also suitable for treating postpartum limb or joint soreness, pain, and numbness in women. In fact, postpartum body pain is very common in women, also known as "postpartum wind" in folk terms.
It is also called "pain all over the body after childbirth," "postpartum joint pain," "postpartum paralysis," or "postpartum gout." For this condition, Emaohuang can also be used for treatment.
3. Treatment for wind-heat fire eyes: Wild soybean, Mu Huanglian, Han Shui Shi, Chrysanthemum, Ju Mingzi, Dong Sang Ye, Ye Ming Sha. Decoct in water and take it.
According to the "Sichuan Materia Medica," Emaohuang has a very good therapeutic effect on eye diseases caused by wind-heat in people. You can follow this prescription to decoct in water and take it. The effect is very good.
