What is Impatiens? Can Impatiens wine cure rheumatism?

Impatiens is edible and has many other uses. Impatiens is also called henna. People often use its flowers and leaves to dye nails. Crush the petals or leaves and wrap the leaves around the nails to dye them a bright red color, which is very beautiful and very popular among girls. So can Impatiens cure rheumatism?

Medicinal value of Impatiens balsamina:

The flowers can be used as medicine to promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, and treat injuries. Applying the flowers externally can treat tinea pedis and remove body odor; applying the seeds into a paste externally can treat numbness and pain. Promote blood circulation and relieve menstruation, dispel wind and dampness; promote blood circulation and relieve pain; detoxify and kill insects. It is mainly used for rheumatic limb paralysis, pain in the waist and ribs, abdominal pain in women, postpartum blood stasis, injuries from falls, fractures, carbuncles, ulcers, snake bites, leucorrhea, tinea pedis, and onychomycosis. It can promote blood circulation and relieve menstruation, dispel wind and relieve pain, and detoxify when used externally. Used for amenorrhea, traumatic injuries, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, rheumatoid arthritis, carbuncles, furuncles, snake bites, and tinea manuum.

Choice:

1. To treat rheumatism and bedridden patients: decoct buttercup, cypress nut seeds, potassium saltpeter and papaya into a decoction for bathing, two or three times a day. Take Duhuo Jishe Decoction internally. (《Fushou Jing Fang》)

2. To treat unbearable pain in waist and ribs: Grind Impatiens balsamina into cakes, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, take 3 grams of it on an empty stomach with wine. (Compendium)

3. To treat injuries to bones and muscles caused by falls, and blood circulation problems: 3 liang of Impatiens balsamina and 2 liang of Angelica sinensis tail, soak in wine and drink. (Lantai Collection

4. To treat abnormal pain caused by fractures, if surgery is not possible, you can first take this wine medicine to relieve the pain: soak one qian of dried Impatiens balsamina (three qian of fresh ones) in wine, take it orally for one hour, the affected area will be numb, and then you can perform the bone grafting. (Guizhou Folk Prescriptions and Medicines Collection

5. To treat snake bites: pound Impatiens balsamina and drink with wine. (Compendium)

6. To treat whooping cough, hematemesis, and hemoptysis: decoct 7 to 15 fresh Impatiens flowers in water, or stew them with a little rock sugar for better results. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

7. To treat leucorrhea: 50 cents of Impatiens balsamina (or 1 liang of root), 1 liang of cuttlefish. Take it in decoction, one dose per day. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

8. To treat goose foot wind: apply fresh wind fairy flower externally. (Commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Shanghai)

9. To treat onychomycosis: mash the Impatiens balsamina flower and apply it externally. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai)

Edible value of Impatiens:

1. Impatiens is cultivated in provinces across China, both north and south. When people cook meat or stew fish, they put a few Impatiens seeds in the mixture, which will make the meat easier to cook and the bones crisper, giving it a unique flavor.

2. The young leaves of Impatiens can be blanched and then eaten cold with oil and salt.