Product name : SPICA PRUNELLAE

Item : 79351486017

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   Prunella vulgaris L. is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to Labiatae and Prunella genus. The leaves are opposite oval or elliptic-lanceolate, and the cymes are integrated into spikes; the bracts are kidney-shaped, and the top is sharp or Caudate pointed, hairy outside and margin; calyx 2-lipped; corolla purple; nutlets brown. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from July to October. Every summer solstice, Prunella vulgaris will wither, turn yellow and wither, hence the name. The name first comes from "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
        Prunella vulgaris likes a mild and humid climate and is hardy to cold. Prunella vulgaris is distributed in all provinces and regions south of the Qinling Mountains in China and Xinjiang, and is produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan; Growing on barren slopes, grasslands, streamsides, hillside grasses, wetland clumps at the waterside of ravines, wet grasses on both sides of river banks, wasteland and roadsides, etc., up to 3000 meters above sea level. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, Siberia of the Soviet Union, West Asia to East Asia, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Japan, Korea, and occasionally in Australia and North America. The main varieties of Prunella vulgaris are white-flowered varieties and narrow-leaved varieties.
        Prunella vulgaris has been used in China for more than a thousand years as a traditional Chinese medicine. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" of the Republic of China called it the holy medicine for treating cold sores; the whole plant is used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing liver and purging fire, improving eyesight, dispelling stagnation and reducing swelling ; In modern times, it is made into prescriptions such as Prunella vulgaris decoction, oral liquid, granules, tablets, capsules, liniments; Announcement No. 3 issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2010 allowed Prunella vulgaris to be used as raw materials for herbal tea beverages.

        Application of Prunella vulgaris:
        Conjunctival congestion, swelling and pain, headache, dizziness, night pain in eyes. The bitter cold of this product mainly enters the liver meridian, and is good at purging liver-fire to improve eyesight. It can be used to treat inflammation of the liver, red eyes, swelling and pain, and can be used for medicinal purposes such as mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, and cassia seeds. In clearing the liver and improving eyesight, this product can also nourish the liver. It can be used with Angelica and Lycium barbarum. It can be used for deficiency of liver yin and eye pain, especially at night. "Zhang's Medical General").
        Scrofula, goiter. This taste can dissipate stagnation, bitter cold can expel heat, and it is often used with Fritillaria, Rhizoma Cyperi and other medicines to treat scrofula caused by stagnation of liver and condensed fire, such as Prunella vulgaris Decoction ("Surgery Authentic"); For tumors, it is often used with kelp, scrophulariaceae, etc., such as Prunella vulgaris ointment ("Yi Zong Jin Jian").
        Breast carbuncle swelling and pain. This product can not only clear heat and remove liver-fire, but also dissipate stagnation and reduce swelling. It can treat mastitis and swelling and pain. It is often used together with dandelion ("Materia Medica Huiyan"). If combined with honeysuckle, it can cure heat-toxin sores, such as Huadu Dan ("Secret Biography of Qingsang").

        Related Discourses:
       "Shen Nong's Materia Medica": "mainly cold and heat, scrofula, rat fistula, head sores, broken symptoms. Dispersing galls and qi, swollen feet and damp numbness."
       "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Prunella vulgaris to treat eye pain, soak it in granulated sugar water overnight, whichever can relieve internal heat and relieve liver fire. Lou Quanshan said that Prunella vulgaris can treat eye pain until night, it is miraculous, or use it If the anti-bitter cold medicine is severe, it will also have a miraculous effect. The eye root is connected with the eye root, and the liver system also belongs to the meridian of Jueyin. If the night is worse and the bitter cold medicine is strong, the night and the cold are also yin. Xiaku is pure The qi of yang nourishes the blood vessels of jueyin, so treating this is like a god, and treating yin with yang."
        "Chongqing Tang Notes": "Prunella vulgaris is slightly pungent but sweet, so it has the function of harmonizing yang and nourishing yin in the process of dispelling stagnation. Those who are insomnia after blood loss can sleep after taking it. Its nature can be seen. It is especially sweet for those who have been for a long time. , medicine is the victory."
      
        Legendary story:
        Once upon a time, there was a scholar named Maosong, who was kind and kind. He studied the Five Classics and Four Books since he was a child, but he failed many times. As a result, Maosong was depressed all day long. Over time, he accumulated depression and became sick. Many scrofula (i.e., lymphatic tuberculosis) developed on his neck, the size of broad beans, shaped like chain beads, and some of them were ulcerated and pus. Ineffective, the condition is getting worse.
        This summer, Maosong's father traveled thousands of miles to find Shennong. One day, he came to the foot of a mountain and saw green grass and white flowers all over the place, as if entering a fairyland. He just wanted to rest, but he passed out on the ground. Mao Song's father never expected that this fairyland full of grasses was actually Shennong's medicine garden. At this time, Shennong was watering and fertilizing the herbs, and seeing someone fainted, he rushed to treat him. Maosong father woke up, thanked him and told his difficulties. After hearing this, Shennong picked herbs from the grass garden and said: "Use the spherical part of the grass and decoct it." He also said: "The name of this grass is 'Prunella vulgaris'. It is collected and used as medicine when it is dry and yellow in summer. It has the effect of clearing away heat and dispelling stagnation. ” Maosheng took it according to the prescription, and he soon recovered. Later, the father and son planted Prunella vulgaris extensively to treat diseases for the people, which won the hearts of the people.

​Barcode: 79351486017
Ingredients: Prunella vulgaris
Specifications: 16oz (454g)
Efficacy: Bitter, pungent, cold, return to the liver, gallbladder meridian, clear liver heat, dissipate stagnation, lower blood pressure, used to treat inflammation of the liver, red eyes and swelling, mastitis, carbuncle sores, scrofula caused by stagnation of phlegm and fire and goiter, high blood pressure and other diseases.