This product is the dried whole plant of Purslane Herb family. It grows in moist and fertile land in fields, roadsides and houses. Distributed in most parts of the country. Widely distributed in tropical and temperate zones around the world. It is an annual fleshy herb; harvested in summer and autumn. Pull out the whole plant, remove the remaining roots and impurities, wash it, steam or blanche it briefly and then dry it in the sun. Use fresh or raw.

[Property]

sweet and sour, cool. act on liver, large intestine and bladder channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and removing toxin, cooling blood and stopping dysentery, diuresis and dehumidification, clearing stool, improving vision.

1. Used for dampness-heat diarrhea. Purslane Herb is cool in nature and smooth in nature. It is sour and can astringe. It enters the large intestine meridian and has the functions of clearing heat and removing toxin, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is a commonly used medicine for treating dysentery. It can be taken alone decocted with water, or mixed with fresh juice and mixed with honey. It can also be used with Skullcap Root and Coptis Rhizome.
2. For heat toxin sore and ulcer. Purslane Herb has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxin, cooling blood and reducing swelling, so it can be used for carbuncles and sores. It can be used alone to decoct it, take it internally, wash it externally, or mash it fresh for external application, or it can be combined with other heat- Clearing and detoxicating medicinal use.
3. Used for metrorrhagia and metrostaxis bloody stool. Purslane Herb is slightly cold, enters the liver meridian, and has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood to stop bleeding. It can be used to treat blood-heat disorder, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis. It can be used alone or as an injection. It has obvious shrinkage and hemostatic effect. It can be used to treat large intestine, wind-heat bloody stool and hemorrhoids. It can be used alone or in combination Sanguisorba, Chinese Honeylocust Fruit, chinese brake herb can be used together.
4. Also, for heat stranguria blood stranguria. It can be used alone or in combination with other hemostatic stranguria-relieving medicinals.

[Documentation]

1. Xinxiu Bencao: "It cures all tumors wart eye (verruca vulgaris) and wipes them; drinking juice cures nausea, stranguria and incised wound blood flow; washes lips and face with sweat; "
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Disperses blood and swelling, facilitates intestinal habitual abortion, removes toxin and relieves stranguria, and treats postpartum sweating."

[Usage and Dosage]

30~60 grams. Decoction, porridge or juice. Double the amount of fresh food. Appropriate amount for external use, decoct in water and wash or pound for application.

[Precaution]

Deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach. People with intestinal slippage and diarrhea should not take it. Pregnant women should not take this product.

Purslane Herb contains a large amount of L-norepinephrine and dopamine and a small amount of dopa; it also contains vitamins B1, B2, P, C, carotene, lysine, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, etc. Red amaranth contains potassium, sodium, magnesium, and chlorine. Purslane Herb is divided into two types: green and red, both of which can be eaten as vegetables. Both can cure dampness-heat enteritis and dysentery. However, it should be taken with caution by those with deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach and chronic diarrhea, and pregnant women should not take it. Decoction has inhibitory effects on various types of dysentery bacilli, disease caused by cold bacilli, and Staphylococcus aureus in vitro. It also has an inhibitory effect on some nature-of-disease-causing fungi. The injection has a significant stimulating effect on uterus smooth muscle. In addition, it can also enhance intestinal motility and diuretic effect.