Water red flower

Shui Hong Zi (English) Prince's-feather Fruit

Alias ​​Fructus lucidum, scorpion grass.

The source is Polygonum orientale L. The fruit.

Annually herbaceous plant morphology, 1-3m high, the whole plant is long fur. Stems erect, much branched. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long, 6 to 12 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded or slightly cordate, entire, both surfaces furoseed; petiole long; stipules tube, brown Membrane quality. Panicles terminal, slightly drooping; flowers pale red or white; perianth 5-parted; stamens 7, occasionally 8; Achene oblate, wrapped in persistent perianth. Flowering from July to August and fruiting from August to October.

Born in fields, roadsides, wetlands, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Shandong, and Jiangsu.

When the harvested fruit matures in autumn, the ear is cut, dried, and the fruit is removed to remove impurities.

The fruit is oblate, with a diameter of 2 to 3.5 mm and a thickness of 1 to 1.5 mm. The immature people are yellow-brown, the mature ones are dark brown, shiny, with dimples on both sides, and a slight longitudinal bulge in the middle. There is a protruding column base at the top, a light brown slightly protruding fruit stem at the base, and some membranous perianths remain. Hard quality.

Chemical composition contains flavonoids.

Slightly cold and salty.

Indications of scattered blood elimination disease, consumer product pain. It is used in the treatment of dysentery, swelling and pain of the tumor, no food product, and pain in the stomach.

Notes Herbs are also used as herbs to treat rheumatoid arthritis, dysentery, and vomiting and diarrhea.

【English name】FRUCTUS POLYGONI ORIENTALIS

[alias] Oriental cockroach, day cockroach, dog tail flower, wolf tail flower 【Source】 This product is Polygonum orientale Polygonum orientale L. Dry ripe fruit. When the fruit matures in the fall, the ear is cut, sun dried, and the fruit is removed to remove impurities.

【Characters】 This product is flat and round, with a diameter of 2 to 3.5mm and a thickness of 1 to 1.5mm. The surface is brownish black, reddish-brown, shiny, with dimples on both sides, with a slight vertical bulge in the middle. There is a protruding column base at the top, a light brown slightly protruding fruit stem at the base, and some membranous perianths remain. Hard quality. Gas slightly, tasteless.

【Tropism of taste】 salty, slightly cold. Liver, stomach.

【Functions and Indications】 Scalp blood elimination, consumer product pain. It is used to block the disease, the swelling and pain of the tumor, the food product, and the stomach cramps.

[Usage and dosage] 15 ~ 30g. Use a proper amount for external use and apply it to the affected area.

[Storage] set dry place.