Cloud Ox Knee is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. However, many people are not familiar with Cloud Ox Knee. It is actually the root of the red-brown coarse-haired ox knee and has high medicinal value. Let's learn more about Cloud Ox Knee together!
[Benefits of Cloud Ox Knee]
Cloud Ox Knee has the effects of promoting blood circulation, diuresis, relieving pain, and detoxification. It is used for lumbago, rheumatic pain, amenorrhea, urinary tract infection, carbuncle, abscess, and snake or dragon bite.
"Dian Nan Ben Cao" (Materia Medica of Southern Yunnan): It is used to treat carbuncle and abscess by applying it to the affected area. It can also induce abortion. When cooked with pork, it can improve vision.
"Experience Identification Method of Traditional Chinese Medicine": It has diuretic, tonifying essence, and promoting blood circulation effects. It can relieve pain in the waist and knees.
[Identification of Cloud Ox Knee]
Cloud Ox Knee grows on the roadside and can be found in Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Yunnan, and other places.
The dried roots are long and cylindrical, slightly curved, with many branches, up to 75 centimeters long and 0.4-1.5 centimeters in diameter.
The outer surface is gray-brown with distinct wrinkles and striations. It is not easy to break and has a fibrous, brownish-yellow cross-section. It has no odor and a slightly sweet taste. The ones that are large, oily, and have a gray-brown appearance are the best.
[Usage of Cloud Ox Knee]
Treatment for menstrual disorders: Fresh Cloud Ox Knee 50-100g, or combined with fresh Epimedium 50g. Decoction with water and take with alcohol.
Treatment for dysentery: Cloud Ox Knee 15g, Peach Root Bark 15g, Plantain Herb 9g, Artemisia 9g. Decoction with water and mix with honey for consumption.
Eating Cloud Ox Knee is beneficial for the liver and kidneys. It tastes sour. However, it is not suitable for pregnant women.
