How much do you know about the value of blood potato

I believe many people will not feel unfamiliar when they hear about blood scatter tamarind. We often encounter this traditional Chinese medicine in our lives. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with great medicinal value. However, not many people know about the efficacy of blood scatter tamarind, let alone what the effects of blood scatter tamarind are. Now I will take you to understand the value of blood radish.

1. Most people are probably unfamiliar with blood-scattered potatoes. Let's first take a look at the morphological characteristics of blood-scattered potatoes.

Xuesanshu is also known as Qiangui Qianjinteng and Yidianxue. A herbaceous, deciduous vine, 2-3 meters long, with branches and leaves containing red sap; the tubers are large, exposed on the ground, brown, with raised lenticels on the surface; the branches are slightly plump, often purple-red, and hairless. The leaves are papery, triangular and nearly round, 5-15 cm long, 4.5-14 cm wide, with a convex tip at the apex, slightly rounded to nearly truncated at the base, and glabrous on both sides; there are 8-10 palmate veins, 5-6 of which extend upward and horizontally, and the reticulate veins are slender and all purple; the petiole is nearly the same length as the leaf blade or slightly longer.

Compound umbels are axillary or grown on axillary short branches, often with small leaves. Male inflorescences are 1 to 3 times umbel-branched, and the cymes are pedunculate, often clustered at the end of the pedicel; male flowers: 6 sepals, obovate to oblanceolate, about 1.5 mm long, the inner one is slightly wider, all with purple stripes; petals are 3, fleshy, conchoidal, about 1.2 mm long, often purple or orange-yellow; female inflorescence is nearly capitate, and the cymes are almost sessile; female flowers: 1 sepal, 2 petals, both smaller than those of male flowers. The drupe is red, obovate, very flat, and about 7 mm long; there are 2 rows of hooked thorns on each side of the back of the pit, with 18-20 thorns in each row, and the placenta is perforated. Flowering period is early summer.

2. Nature and flavor of Xue San Shu: bitter, cold

Chemical composition of Xuesanshu: Xuesanshu contains alkaloids such as clibanine, cyperine, stephania pine, dehydrostephania pine, annona pine, levorotatory tetrahydropalmatine, isoterpenoid, stephania capitis, homoaromaline and berberine.

3. Functions and indications of Xue San Shu:

Clears away heat, detoxifies, disperses blood stasis and relieves pain. Mainly used for upper respiratory tract infection, pharyngitis, carbuncle, stomachache, gastroenteritis, toothache, neuralgia, and trauma. It can be seen that the functions of blood-scattering potato are very rich.

IV. Usage and Dosage

For internal use: decoction, 6-15g.

For external use: appropriate amount, mash fresh product and apply.

5. Pharmacological effects of Xue San Shu

1. Analgesic and sedative effects.

2. Muscle relaxant effect.

3. Lowering blood pressure.

4. Anti-tumor effect.

5. Other effects: It has a preventive effect on leukocytopenia caused by radiation damage in rats.

Precautions for using Xue San Shu: Pregnant women are prohibited from taking