The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine Geranium

Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective in treating diseases, and most of them focus more on conditioning. There are many kinds of traditional Chinese medicine in our country, and Laohecao is a relatively common traditional Chinese medicine. Many women may have some menstrual diseases and menstrual blood blockages. At this time, you can eat some Laohecao for regulation, which can play a role in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Here I will introduce to you the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Laohecao.

Long-billed geranium: stem length 30-50cm, diameter 0.3-0.7cm, many branches, and swollen nodes. The surface is gray-green or purple, with longitudinal grooves and sparse hairs. It is brittle, with a yellowish-white cross section and some are hollow. The leaves are opposite, with slender petioles; the leaves are curled and wrinkled, brittle and fragile, and the complete ones are deeply pinnately lobed, with lanceolate lobes. The fruit is oblong, 0.5 to 1 cm long. The persistent style is 2.5 to 4 cm long, shaped like a stork's beak, and some are split into 5 petals, curled in a spiral shape. Odorless, light taste.

Short-billed geranium: The stems are thinner and slightly shorter. The leaves are rounded, 3 or 5-lobed, with wider lobes and notched margins. The fruit is spherical, 0.3 to 0.5 cm long. The style is 1 to 1.5 cm long, and some have 5 lobes that curl upward into an umbrella shape.

Wild geranium: The leaves are palmately lobed with 5 to 7 deep lobes, the lobes are linear, and each lobe has 3 to 5 deep lobes.

The efficacy and function of geranium

1. The effect of geranium on improving blood stasis and qi stagnation. Geranium has excellent effect of ventilating and promoting blood circulation. Geranium has excellent qi-regulating effect, especially has a conditioning effect on women. It can relieve irregular menstruation and is very effective in treating dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea. Secondly, geranium also focuses on soothing the liver and regulating qi in changing qi and blood, and is also effective for rib pain.

2. The efficacy of geranium in treating headaches and rheumatism. Geranium can be pungent, warm and dispersing, and can overcome "ascending head", so it has a good effect in improving rheumatism in the body. People with rheumatism will experience limb pain in a humid environment. If the limbs are numb, geranium can be used to dredge the meridians and activate blood circulation, which can relieve headaches and rheumatism problems.

3. The effect of geranium in preventing thrombosis Geranium can dilate blood vessels, enhance the flow of coronary blood, and relieve and treat myocardial hypoxia. A healthy myocardium, in turn, promotes the health of various blood pressure indicators and is a good medicine for preventing and improving thrombosis.

4. The effect of geranium on weight loss Geranium can be combined with rose, jasmine, etc. to make scented tea, which can help lose weight, especially improve abdominal fat.