Flowering Sarcopyramis orientalis
Plant Properties of Flowering Sarcopyramis orientalis
Chinese Name: Sarcopyramis orientalisAlias: Wind Drum Grass, Flesh Spike Grass, Chuk tou HongLatin Name: Sarcopyramis bodinieri var. delicataFamily and Genus: Melastomataceae, SarcopyramisDistribution: Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and other regions in ChinaIntroduction to Flowering Sarcopyramis orientalis
Sarcopyramis orientalis can be used as a whole herb for medicinal purposes, with effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and clearing liver fire. It is a rare and valuable Chinese herb for treating acute hepatitis, lung heat cough, snake bite boils, unknown swellings, gastroenteritis, and other diseases. Due to years of excessive harvesting of wild Sarcopyramis orientalis without cultivation, combined with the destruction of the ecological environment, the resources of wild Sarcopyramis orientalis are rapidly declining.