Blood full grass is the whole grass or root bark of the honeysuckle family plant blood full grass, mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Tibet in China. It has the effect of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, activating blood circulation and opening collaterals. Below, we will learn about the medicinal value and applications of blood full grass.
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【Effects and Functions of Blood Full Grass】
Folk methods generally include internal use or external application, both of which can fully exert the plant's own effects and have good health care and treatment effects.
1. Treatment of rheumatism
Blood full grass has good therapeutic effects on rheumatic pain symptoms. For joint pain, it can be directly boiled and taken with water, and then applied externally to achieve analgesic effects.
2. Treatment of infantile paralysis
The treatment of this disease requires the combination of other acupuncture methods to achieve better results. During the medication, the efficacy of medicinal liquor can also be used appropriately, which can produce good treatment effects.
3. Treatment of edema
Blood full grass can be cooked together with other heat-clearing and mild ingredients, such as tofu, to eliminate edema. In addition, it also has good effects in treating colonic bleeding.
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【Identification of Blood Full Grass Characteristics】
Blood full grass is a perennial erect herb, 1-2 meters high. The roots are slender, cylindrical, horizontally growing, with many adventitious roots. The stems are round, with vertical stripes, obvious nodes, and covered with coarse hairs. After breaking, they have red juice;
The stems of blood full grass are cylindrical, with a diameter of 0.3-1.5cm, gray-green to green-brown on the surface, hard and brittle in texture. The stems have multiple longitudinal ridges, and the ridges are almost without hairs;
The outer layer of the stem is hard and lignified; the pith is wide, white, loose and spongy, slightly glossy, with scattered brownish-red spots, more on the outer side of the pith.
Odd-pinnate compound leaves are opposite, the leaflets are brown-green to dark green, short-stalked, covered with short hairs, and the leaflets are wrinkled, broken, and intact ones are lanceolate when unfolded, 5-15cm long and 2-4cm wide, with serrated edges.
The inflorescence is a conical umbel; the flowers are small, dense, white, with yellow cup-shaped glands interspersed. Blood full grass is a berry-like drupe, black in color. It has a slightly fragrant smell and a light, slightly astringent taste.
The color of the stem surface, the longitudinal ridges and hairiness of the stem, the wide pith, and the scattered brownish-red spots are the most characteristic identification points.
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【Clinical Applications of Blood Full Grass】
1. Treatment of acute and chronic nephritis: 5 taels of blood full grass, 1 liang of honeysuckle roots, 4 taels each of mountain bark and stachys, decocted and taken orally.
2. Treatment of infantile paralysis, contusions and injuries: First use plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, then crush a suitable amount of fresh blood full grass stems and leaves, stir-fry with wine for external application.
3. Treatment of bone fractures: Take an appropriate amount of fresh blood full grass, mash it, and apply it with wine or boiled water.
4. Treatment of edema: 3-5 taels of blood full grass tender leaves and root bark, boiled together with tofu for consumption.
5. Treatment of colonic bleeding and prolapse of the anus: Blood full grass, black lock plum roots, and Eclipta prostrata roots, boiled with pork for consumption.
6. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, chronic lumbago and leg pain, acute sprains and hematomas, edema: 5 taels to 1 tael of blood full grass. Decoct and take orally or use the decoction to wash the affected area.
