What are the effects and uses of Acmella paniculata?
Acmella paniculata, also known as Sanxuecao, Yusan herb, Jinniukou and so on, is a plant of the genus Acmella in the Asteraceae family. The whole plant is used as medicine. It has the effects of detoxifying and removing dampness, relieving cough and calming asthma, and reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is used to treat malaria, toothache, enteritis, dysentery, cough, asthma, whooping cough, pulmonary tuberculosis and other conditions. For external use, it treats venomous snake bites, dog bites, and carbuncles and boils. Let us take a look at the effects and uses of Acmella paniculata together!
Medicinal Effects of Acmella paniculata
[Nature and Flavor] Pungent and bitter in flavor, slightly warm in nature, mildly toxic.
[Meridian Tropism] Lung meridian.
[Effects] Detoxifying and removing dampness, relieving cough and calming asthma, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Mainly treats malaria, toothache, enteritis, dysentery, cough, asthma, whooping cough, and pulmonary tuberculosis. For external use, it treats venomous snake bites, dog bites, and carbuncles and boils. Caution is advised for pregnant women.
Medicinal Discussions on Acmella paniculata
1. Guangzhou Military Region "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": Relieves cough and calms asthma, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Treats cold cough, chronic bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, snake bites, sores and swellings, and toothache.
2. Guangzhou Air Force "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": Detoxifies and dissipates nodules, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Treats malaria, diarrhea, dental caries pain, venomous snake bites, dog bites, carbuncles and boils, and whitlow.
3. "Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines of Yunnan": Treats traumatic injuries, rheumatoid arthritis, and abdominal pain.
Medicinal Prescriptions of Acmella paniculata
1. To treat summer diarrhea: Salt-pickled Acmella paniculata 10-15 g, decoct in water and take.
2. To treat dental caries pain: Insert the flower stamens of Acmella paniculata into the painful area of the tooth, and it takes effect immediately.
3. To treat malaria: Acmella paniculata 30 g, decoct in water, add brown sugar and take.
4. To treat dog bites: Acmella paniculata 30 g, pound with wine to extract the juice and take, apply the residue to the affected area.
5. To treat venomous snake bites: Acmella paniculata and Daogai Ju 30 g each, pound together with wine to extract the juice and take.
6. To treat sores that have not healed for a long time: Pound an appropriate amount of Acmella paniculata with tea oil and apply.
7. To treat snake sores on the fingers and toes: Pound Acmella paniculata, Daogai Ju, and Wugong Cao together and apply.