What are the medicinal values ​​of Chlorophytum?

We like to put spider plants in the office or in our own rooms. They can purify the air and effectively prevent various radiations in life. Chlorophytum has many functions. In addition to being used as a decoration, it also has great medicinal value. However, many people have not discovered the value of Chlorophytum and cannot fully utilize the efficacy of this plant. So what are the medicinal values ​​of Chlorophytum?

Chlorophytum is a perennial herb with clustered cylindrical, hypertrophic fibrous roots and rhizomes. The leaves are basal, linear to linear-lanceolate, narrow and flexible like orchids, 20-45 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, with long and gradually pointed apex; the base is amplexicaul and attached to short stems. The biggest feature of Chlorophytum is that mature plants will occasionally grow runners, which are 30-60 cm long and have small plants growing at the tips. The flower pavilion is slender, longer than the leaves and drooping; the raceme is single or branched, and sometimes there are clusters of 2-8 cm linear leaves growing on the upper nodes of the inflorescence; the flowers are white, several in a cluster, sparsely scattered on the inflorescence axis. The flowering period is between spring and summer, and it can also bloom indoors in winter.

Resolve phlegm and relieve cough; disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling; clear away heat and detoxify. It is used to treat cough due to phlegm and heat, bruises, fractures, carbuncles, hemorrhoids and burns. Used for high fever, lung heat cough, vomiting blood, and swelling and pain in children.

Chlorophytum has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. If we have adverse symptoms such as getting angry in daily life, we can use Chlorophytum for treatment. At the same time, external application of Chlorophytum also has a good effect on the treatment of bruises and injuries. It is best to grow more spider plants indoors, which can not only purify the air, but also treat diseases when necessary.