The role and efficacy of Impatiens balsamina

Impatiens is also called henna, also known as small peach red. Because it looks like the divine bird phoenix, it is called golden phoenix flower. It is a herbaceous plant found in my country and India. It has good nutritional value. The most obvious effect is diuresis and pain relief. It has the effect of regulating menstruation and bone pain. Mashing the fresh grass for external application can play a good therapeutic role in sores, boils, swellings, and insect bites.

Main Value

The seeds of Impatiens balsamina are also known as Impatiens balsamina, and the stems are also known as Impatiens balsamina. Both can be used as medicine and have the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting diuresis and detoxifying, and promoting menstruation and penetrating bones. Fresh grass can be mashed and applied externally to treat sores, boils, swelling and pain, and insect bites. The seeds are an antidote and have the effects of regulating menstruation, inducing labor, removing phlegm, and eliminating lumps. Pregnant women should not take them. The whole plant can be mashed into juice and used externally to treat bruises. The petals can be crushed with some alum and used to dye nails. The seeds contain saponins, fatty oils, sterols, polysaccharides, proteins, amino acids, and volatile oils. It is cultivated in all provinces of northern and southern my country. In addition to being used as an ornamental plant in flower borders and bonsai installations, it can also be used as a cut flower.

1. The recipe for using Houttuynia cordata to treat blood in urine is to mash fresh Houttuynia cordata with Plantain and drink the juice. "Medical Biography" 2. Houttuynia cordata treats swelling and poison: Mash snake intestines and bitter melon together and apply to the affected area. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia) 3. Houttuynia cordata can cure all kinds of diseases caused by deficiency. Long-term use can make white hair turn black again and rejuvenate you: Take juice from pig's tooth grass (i.e. early lotus pod), take juice from mulberry fruit, dry them in disks to make a paste, soak them in holly seed wine, steam and dry them nine times to make a powder. Divide the above ingredients into equal parts, make them into pills the size of walnut seeds with refined honey. Take six to seven pills each time, on an empty stomach with light salt soup. (Simple Single Prescription) 4. Houttuynia cordata for treating bloody dysentery: 15g each of Houttuynia cordata and Amaranthus tricolor. Decoction. (Anhui Chinese Herbal Medicine) 5. Houttuynia cordata combined with Chuanlian can treat heat dysentery, and can be used with mung beans to treat heat swelling, and added with hot wine to treat hemorrhoids. "Depei Materia Medica" 6. Houttuynia cordata is used to treat premature graying of hair and beard, and loss of eyebrows and moustaches. It is advisable to add Polygonum multiflorum, horse hair and black beans to nourish the liver and kidneys, and promote hair growth. The fresh product can also be used to extract juice and apply it to eyebrows and hair; 7. Houttuynia cordata is used to treat blood heat and bleeding. It can be used alone to make juice and drink, or it can be used together with raw rehmannia, white imperata root, lotus root node, Platycladus orientalis leaves and other products that cool blood and stop bleeding. 8. Houttuynia cordata is used to treat bloody dysentery together with Amaranthus chinensis, Pulsatilla scabra, Coptis chinensis, Paeonia lactiflora, etc.