Purple bead leaf has a slightly spicy and bitter taste and is also known as "hemostatic herb" because its main function is to stop bleeding. In addition to stopping bleeding, it also has anti-inflammatory and swelling-reducing effects.
Purple bead leaf
Folk uses of purple bead leaf
Once, when my wife was cutting vegetables while cooking, she accidentally cut her finger and blood was flowing. She asked me to get medicine to stop the bleeding.
I quickly took out the purple bead leaf powder I had prepared and sprinkled it on her cut finger. I quickly covered it with a cotton pad and asked her to press the wound with her hand. After a while, the bleeding stopped.
After applying the medicine for five or six days, even the wound scabbed and healed. Since then, everyone in the family, regardless of age or gender, uses this medicine for minor injuries such as cuts and bruises, and has achieved satisfactory results.
Medicinal effects of purple bead leaf
The purple bead leaf is a deciduous shrub of the horsewhip grass family, and its leaves are used as medicine. Purple bead leaf is neutral in nature, with a slightly spicy and bitter taste, and it is also known as "hemostatic herb" because its main function is to stop bleeding.
In addition to stopping bleeding, it also has anti-inflammatory and swelling-reducing effects.
It can be used for gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding, external bleeding, nosebleeds, gum bleeding, sprains and swelling, suppurative skin ulcers, burns, and flu.
Purple bead leaf
The usual dosage for internal use is 10-30 grams; for external use, use an appropriate amount.
1. Treating gastrointestinal bleeding
You can use 10 grams of purple bead leaf, decoct it in water and drink it as tea. For treating nosebleeds, grind the purple bead leaf into powder, take 1-2 grams each time, mix it with honey, and take it three times a day after meals;
You can also dip a cotton ball in the powdered purple bead leaf and plug it into the affected nostril.
2. Treating upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, pneumonia, bronchitis
Take 15 grams of purple bead leaf, 15 grams of purple cowherb, and 9 grams of Qinpi. Decoct them in water and take it once a day. ("National Compilation of Chinese Medicinal Plants")
3. Treating sprains and swelling
Take 30 grams of purple bead leaf, 30 grams of goosefoot herb, and 15 grams of Weilingxian. Decoct them in water and take it orally; or mix them with pine oil and apply it externally to the affected area. ("Qingdao Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual")
Dietary contraindications of purple bead leaf
This herb is cool in nature, so it should be used with caution by patients with cold-related bleeding.
