The efficacy and function of bitter vegetable

Bitter Herb

Dandelion is the whole herb or root of the Asteraceae plant, Sophora flavescens. It is harvested in early spring, washed, and used fresh or dried. It grows in mountains and wilderness and is a field weed. It is distributed in northern, eastern and southern China, and also in the former Soviet Union, North Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Sophora flavescens is a perennial herb, 10-30cm tall, glabrous and latex-sapless. The stems are a few or many clustered, erect or oblique. The basal leaves are rosette-shaped, linear-lanceolate, oblanceolate or linear, 7-20cm long, 0.5-2cm wide, pointed or obtuse at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base into a petiole, entire or sparsely dentate, or irregularly divided, gray-green.

[Other names] Sophora flavescens [Jiangsu. Fujian], Autumn Sophora flavescens, Mutouhui [Jiangsu], Ox tongue vegetable, Rare beard vegetable, Paner grass, Mountain forest water and fire grass

[Source] Ixeris denticulata (Houtt.) Stebb. [Paraixeris denticulata (Houtt.) Nakai; Lactuca denticulata (Houtt.) Maxim.] of the Asteraceae family is used as medicine in its entirety or in its roots. It is harvested before flowering in spring and summer, washed, and used fresh or sun-dried.

[Nature and flavor] Bitter, slightly sour, astringent, and cool.

The efficacy and function of bitter vegetable

【Function】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, relieves blood stasis and relieves pain, stops bleeding, and stops leucorrhea. Used for cervical erosion, excessive leucorrhea, uterine bleeding, lower leg lymphangitis, traumatic injury, unidentified swelling, mastitis, furunculosis, burns, and vaginal trichomoniasis.

【Usage and Dosage】3-5 qian (1 liang for fresh). For external use, mash the fresh product and apply it to the affected area (for furuncle); grind the dry product into powder and mix with oil for external application (for burns); decoct in water for fumigation and washing (for vaginal trichomoniasis).

【Excerpt】National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines