The traditional Chinese medicine Blood Full Herb, also known as Red Mountain Flower, is the whole herb and root of the honeysuckle family plant. It is also known as Bone-Setting Herb, Big Blood Herb, Bone-Setting Pill, etc. It has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, and promoting blood circulation. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, rubella itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, sprains, fractures, etc. What are the benefits of Blood Full Herb? Let's take a comprehensive look at Blood Full Herb below.
Introduction to Blood Full Herb:
Source: Blood Full Herb is the whole herb and root of the honeysuckle family plant.
Functions: Dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, promoting blood circulation.
Aliases: Bone-Setting Herb, Big Blood Herb, Bone-Setting Pill, Blood Vessel Herb (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine), Ke Herb, Bone-Setting Wood (Tibetan Common Chinese Herbal Medicine), Yuguxingnabu (Tibetan name).
Collection: It is harvested in summer and autumn, cut into pieces and dried, or used fresh.
Evidence: From "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine".
Nature and Taste: Pungent, sweet, warm.
① "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": Pungent, warm.
② "Tibetan Common Chinese Herbal Medicine": Sweet, mild, neutral.
③ "Folk Herbal Medicine in Kunming": Sour, astringent, neutral. Enters the spleen and kidney meridians.
Benefits of Blood Full Herb:
Blood Full Herb has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, and promoting blood circulation. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, rubella itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, sprains, fractures.
1. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": Dispels wind, activates collaterals, disperses stasis, relieves itching. Mainly used for rubella, rheumatic pain, infantile paralysis, contusion, fracture, edema.
2. "Tibetan Common Chinese Herbal Medicine": Activates blood circulation, disperses stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Used for rheumatic arthritis, chronic lumbago, sprains, hematoma, edema.
3. "Folk Herbal Medicine in Kunming": Dispels wind and dampness, nourishes blood, activates blood circulation, promotes diuresis.
4. "Plant Name and Reality Illustrated Study": Used for soaking athlete's foot and edema.
5. "Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau": Used externally for treating boils, neurodermatitis, and infantile eczema; taken internally for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
Applications of Blood Full Herb in Prescriptions:
① Treatment of acute and chronic nephritis: Five qian of Blood Full Herb, one or two liang of Juglans regia root, four qian each of Cortex Fraxini and Houttuynia cordata. Decoct and take orally. ("Complete Selection of Internal Medicine")
② Treatment of rheumatic pain, rubella: Take an appropriate amount of Blood Full Herb. Decoct and use the water to wash the affected area.
③ Treatment of sequelae of infantile paralysis, contusion: First use plum blossom needle to puncture the affected area, then grind a suitable amount of fresh Blood Full Herb stem and leaves, stir fry with wine and wrap externally.
④ Treatment of fractures: Take a suitable amount of fresh Blood Full Herb, grind it into a paste, add wine or boiling water and apply externally.
⑤ Treatment of edema: Take three to five qian of tender leaves and root bark of Blood Full Herb, cook them with tofu and take orally.
⑥ Treatment of rectal bleeding, prolapse of rectum: Take Blood Full Herb, black Lockemea root, and Erythrina indica root, cook with pork and eat. ("Folk Herbal Medicine in Kunming")
