The functions and effects of bullroot include removing blood stasis and promoting menstruation, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening muscles and bones, diuresis and treating stranguria. Cowroot is also called Cow Knee. It is a perennial herb, 70-120 cm tall.

1. The efficacy and role of bullroot are mainly reflected in the following aspects

1. Medicinal value

(1) The root is used as medicine and used raw , promoting blood circulation and promoting menstruation.

(2) Treat postpartum abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, epistaxis, toothache caused by deficiency fire, and athlete's foot edema.

(3) When used properly, it can nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the waist and knees; treat pain in the waist and knees, deficiency of the liver and kidneys, and pain caused by bruises and bruises.

(4) Efficacy:

Remove blood stasis and stimulate menstruation, nourish liver and kidney, strengthen muscles and bones, diuretic and relieve stranguria, draw blood downward.

(5) Indications:

Used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, waist and knee pain, weakness of muscles and bones, stranguria syndrome, edema, headache, dizziness, toothache, sun sores, vomiting blood, and epistaxis. Blood.

2. Related compatibility

(1) Children with delayed walking:

Those who cannot walk at the age of three can use this to walk. Five qian for Wujiapi and two and a half qian for Achyranthes bidentata and papaya. Take it for 5 minutes each time, mix it with rice and wine at 2 or 3 o'clock.

(2) Afterbirth:

One piece of mallow seeds, one tael of Achyranthes root, two liters of water, decoct one liter and take.

(3) A pregnant woman’s fetus is moving, the mother is about to die, but the child is still alive, so this is the following:

Half and half of mercury and half of cinnabar. Grind the paste. Take half a liang of Achyranthes bidentata and five large cups of water. Decoction, add half a spoonful of honey and drink.

2. Morphological characteristics of bullroot grass

1. Perennial herb, 70-120 cm high; cylindrical root, 5-10 mm in diameter, earthy yellow;

2. The stem is angular or square, green or purplish, with white adnate or spreading pubescence, or nearly hairless, with opposite branches;

3. The leaves are elliptical or elliptical Lanceolate, a few oblanceolate, 4.5-12 cm long, 2-7.5 cm wide, with a pointed tip, 5-10 mm long, wedge-shaped or wide wedge-shaped base, with adnate or spreading pubescence on both sides;

4. The petiole is 5-30 mm long and pubescent. The spikes are terminal and axillary, 3-5 cm long, reflexed after flowering; the total pedicel is 1-2 cm long, with white pubescence.

Extended information:

Bullroot grows under forest on hillside at an altitude of 200-1750 meters. Subgenus species:

1. Achyranthes bidentata (original variant)

Achyranthesogatai Yamamoto, Suppl.Icon.Formos.3: 23.f.9.1927, is similar to Achyranthes bidentata, but The leaves are smaller, lanceolate, a few oval, 3-5.5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide. The shape and size of Achyranthes bidentata leaves vary greatly, and this species can be regarded as a synonym of Achyranthes bidentata.

2. Achyranthes with red leaves (new variant)

The roots are light red to red, the undersides of the leaves are purple-red to deep purple-red, and the inflorescences are purple-red. Produced in Sichuan, wild on hillsides or cultivated.

3. Achyranthes achyranthes L. (variant)

The roots are thin; the whole plant is less hairy than Achyranthes bidentata; the spikes are longer and the flowers are sparsely arranged; the bracts are The spines are shorter than the tepals; the tepals have 3 veins; the top of the staminodes is truncate, with irregular teeth or inconspicuous 2 lobes. Produced in Anhui, Zhejiang and Hunan. Born in the shade of trees. Distribution in Japan.

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