Chonglou, also known as Huazhonglou, Qiyelian, Tiedengtai, etc., is a dried rhizome of Yunnan Chonglou or Qiyeyihua in the lily family. It has significant effects on various human diseases and can be used as medicine to clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and pain, cool the liver and calm the nerves. It also has auxiliary effects on diseases such as sores and abscesses, sore throat, snake and insect bites, falling pain, and convulsions.
Chonglou, also known as Seven Leaves and One Branch Flower, Golden Thread Chonglou, Lantern Terrace Seven, Iron Lantern Terrace, Flesh Rest, Grass River Cart, White River Cart, Branch Flower Head, Conch Seven, Screw Seven. The medicinal parts are the dried rhizomes of plants in the Liliaceae family, such as the Chinese and Yunnan Chonglou, or the seven leaf one branch flower. Excavate in autumn, remove the roots, wash, and sun dry.
Huazhong Building is a perennial herb, about 50 centimeters tall. The rhizomes are brown in color, transverse and thick, up to 3 centimeters thick, with a rough surface and nodes, and fibrous fibrous roots growing on the nodes. The stem is single, upright, cylindrical, smooth and hairless, often with a purple red base. Leaves 5-9, usually 7, rotate at the top of the stem, shaped like an umbrella, with one flower growing on it, hence the name “Seven Leaves and One Branch Flower”; The petiole is 1-3 centimeters long, the leaf blade is paper or membranous, narrow ovate or lanceolate, 7-9 centimeters long and 2-5 centimeters wide, the tip is sharp, and the base is wedge-shaped or nearly wedge-shaped. In summer, yellow green flowers bloom, with flower stems drawn from the top of the stem, unbranched, and slightly longer than the leaves. The flowers grow on their own at the top; Sepals 5-6, leaf shaped, ovate lanceolate; Petals 5-6, slender, sometimes slightly enlarged at the top, about 1.5 millimeters wide, usually shorter than sepals; The stamens have two rings, and the protruding part of the septum is narrower than the anthers, measuring 0.2-2 millimeters in length; The ovary is angular, with a purple top and style, and the rest is yellow green; The back of the capsule is cracked. Born in shady and humid areas under mountain forests and shrubs. It is distributed in South China, East China, Southwest China, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Xizang and other places.
The seven leaves and one branch flower resemble the Chinese seven leaves and one branch flower, but the leaves are rectangular or inverted needle shaped rectangular, and the base is circular or rarely sharp; The petals are filamentous, gradually pointed at the top, equal to or longer than twice the length of the sepal, and about 1 millimeter wide. It is distributed in Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang and other provinces and regions.
Returning to the liver meridian. Bitter in nature and cold in taste. There is a small poison. Indications: Clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Japanese encephalitis, stomach pain, appendicitis, lymph node tuberculosis, tonsillitis, mumps, mastitis, venomous snake and insect bites, and swollen and toxic sores. Usage and dosage: 3-9g. Apply an appropriate amount externally, grind with water or grind with vinegar, and apply to the affected area.
clearing away heat and toxic material
Chonglou is a cold Chinese medicinal herb with excellent heat clearing and detoxifying effects. When people experience symptoms such as heat toxicity, ulcers, and skin swelling and pain, they can directly use Chonglou to assist. They can grind Chonglou and apply it externally to the affected area, or boil it in soup. In the future, taking it orally can help the body break down endotoxins and eliminate them, which can quickly alleviate adverse symptoms.
Reduce swelling and relieve pain
In daily life, people often suffer from various common diseases such as sore throat and joint pain, as well as swelling and pain caused by falls and injuries. After these diseases occur, traditional Chinese medicine can also be used to assist with sore throat pain. To assist with sore throat pain, it is necessary to mix a hoe with traditional Chinese medicinal herbs such as honeysuckle and forsythia suspensa in a decoction and take it orally. To assist with joint pain and pain, it is necessary to crush it with traditional Chinese medicinal herbs such as Shijian Chuan and Scutellaria barbata and apply it directly to the affected area.
Detoxification and detoxification
Detoxification and detoxification are also important functions of traditional Chinese medicine Chonglou. For those living in the mountains and forests, if they are accidentally bitten by a venomous snake, causing swelling and pain in the body, they can directly use Chonglou to interpret it. When needed, fresh Chonglou can be made into mud and directly applied to the area bitten by the venomous snake. It can effectively prevent the spread of toxins and accelerate the decomposition and elimination of toxins, which can alleviate people’s poisoning symptoms as soon as possible.
