The efficacy and role of Nianjian

In the plant kingdom, many plants can actually be used as medicine. Therefore, after thousands of years of humanistic practice in traditional Chinese medicine culture, it has been discovered that many roots and rhizomes can be used as medicine. Nianjian is the rhizome of a plant called Qiannianjian. This plant is very rare in our daily life, so many people don’t know what kind of Chinese medicinal material Nianjian is. So what are the effects and functions of the Chinese herbal medicine Nianjian?

1. See the efficacy and function of serum

[Other names] Sheep's ear garlic, Lidihao, Hairy Sagittaria, Rock taro, Black orchid, Dwarf fat boy, Meat crab, Iron rake comb, Inverted rock garlic, Walking grass, Meat dragon arrow, Fragrant flower sheep's ear garlic, Purple star sheep's ear garlic, Fragrant sheep's ear garlic

【Nature and flavor】Bitter; astringent; cool

【Entry】Lung; Kidney

【Functions and indications】Cools blood and stops bleeding; clears away heat and detoxifies. It is mainly used for vomiting blood due to stomach heat; coughing up blood due to lung heat; bleeding due to intestinal wind; metrorrhagia; bleeding due to surgery; bleeding due to trauma; swelling and infection due to sores; snake bites; and injuries due to falls.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 9-15g, fresh product 30-60g; or grind into powder, 9g each time. For external use: appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply; or grind it into powder and apply.

2. Discussions by Various Schools

1. “Collection of Commonly Used Folk Herbs”: clears blood, cools blood, and stops bleeding. Treat toothache. Soaked in wine and taken to treat bruises and injuries.

2. "Commonly used herbal medicines in Zhejiang": clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing the lungs and stopping

3. "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Sichuan": Shengxin disperses blood stasis, clears the lungs, and stops vomiting blood. It is used to treat various types of vomiting blood, cough due to fatigue, hemoptysis due to lung and kidney yin deficiency, bleeding due to intestinal wind, metrorrhagia, pus extraction and tissue regeneration, and knife wounds.

4. "Catalogue of Medicinal Plants in Guizhou": Treats fatigue, wandering children, and piggyback riding.

3. See the medicinal prescriptions of serum

1. To treat vomiting blood due to lung disease: 2 to 4 qian of serum. Make decoction or soak in wine.

2. To treat infantile convulsions: 7 to 8 qian of blood serum. Decoction in water.

3. To treat carbuncle: mash the serum and apply externally.

4. To treat pit viper bites: decoct 4 strains of serum in water, add 1 qian of water droplets (ground into powder) and drink it all at once.