The efficacy and function of Tripterygium paniculata

1. Morphological characteristics

The most special thing about it is that there is a substance in its stem that other legume plants of the same kind do not have. when its stem is cut, its wood will turn reddish brown, and then it will flow out bright red juice, very much like chicken blood, so people call it chicken blood vine.

Its main root is brown and the cut is purple. Its stem is greenish and has lenticels. The leaves are oval in shape, usually 6-13 inches long and 3-6 inches wide. The perianth segments of female and male flowers are very similar and both are large, with pedicels 7-15 cm long. Its fruit is spherical in shape and usually 5-10 inches in diameter. Its long time is in May and June, the color of the flowers is very beautiful, the fruit ripens in September, and in the severe winter it is usually semi-evergreen, so it is very popular.

Second, medicinal value

Its taste is bitter, a little sweet, the sex is relatively warm, and it can activate meridians and blood. If you have rheumatism, or hands and feet are numb, the body is paralyzed, women can use it if their menstruation is irregular and their menstruation is not smooth, if they have dysmenorrhea or do not have menstruation. If you treat joint pain caused by rheumatism, you can take Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Radix Astragali, Angelica sinensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza and so on. If it is used for female menstrual problems, it can be eaten together with motherwort, Cyperus and so on.

In addition, it also plays a good role in hematopoiesis, blood coagulation, lowering blood pressure, anti-cancer, metabolic regulation and so on.