1, introduction
Lobelia chinensis, also known as Spartina tenuifolia and Lobelia chinensis, is a small herb. Its rhizome is round, relatively smooth, and its leaves are alternate, sessile, narrow or long. The smell of Lobelia chinensis is pungent, flat and non-toxic. Petals are five kinds, about 8mm long, so it is called Lobelia chinensis because its petals are biased to one side. Lobelia chinensis is generally born in a relatively humid place, and is produced in various parts of East China and South China. In recent years, it can be seen occasionally on the grassland in the north.
In addition, Lobelia chinensis is a perennial herb with obvious morphological characteristics. The stems are procumbent, and the entire leaves are sparsely toothed or elongated. With white milk, rooting on nodes, hairless. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, with obvious serrations and hairlessness at the whole edge, which are easily recognized by us.
2. Efficacy
Lobelia chinensis has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and is widely used in clinical medicine, which has a very good effect on the treatment of edema patients' symptoms.
Lobelia chinensis also has a certain effect on the treatment of asthma or malaria. It can be taken after meals and can improve the constitution of cold and heat. In addition, Lobelia chinensis has a certain effect on treating the waist of poisonous snakes, etc. You can mash the fresh Lobelia chinensis and add some sweet wine to take it. After that, you can sleep with a quilt, and after the sweat in your body is removed, you can alleviate the side effects of snake venom.
3. Function
It is a traditional Chinese medicine, and its medicinal value is mainly reflected in clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and it can be used to treat mosquito bites, swelling and edema, damp-heat jaundice, eczema and wet sores.
In addition to the above-mentioned efficacy and medical function, Lobelia chinensis can also treat ascites due to liver cirrhosis caused by advanced schistosomiasis, and it also has a good detoxification effect on snake bites, and the detoxification effect is fast, which can be comparable to Shenhu Jiedu Pill. It is also effective in treating erosive hand and foot mosses and subacute eczema. At the same time, it can also treat acne, breast cancer, nameless swelling, sore throat, rhinitis, traumatic sprain, jaundice, dysuria and other diseases.
4. Pay attention to medication
If you are taking bitter and cold medicines such as rhubarb, coptis root and scutellaria root, or cold medicines such as peony bark, phellodendron bark, honeysuckle flower, platycodon grandiflorum, mulberry leaves and forsythia, you should avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, such as pepper, pepper, curry and alcohol, otherwise the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicines for clearing heat and cooling blood will be weakened.