What are the Benefits and Effects of Parasitic Herbs?
The functions and effects of parasitism are to dispel wind and dampness, benefit the liver and kidneys, strengthen bones and muscles, and stabilize pregnancy. Mulberry parasitism, also known as peach tree parasitism, bitter melon parasitism, etc. The tender branches and leaves are densely covered with brown or reddish-brown star-shaped hairs, sometimes with scattered and superimposed star-shaped hairs. The twigs are black, glabrous, and have scattered lenticels. It has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, benefiting the liver and kidneys, strengthening bones and muscles, and stabilizing pregnancy.
①Treating low back pain, weakness of kidney qi, and being exposed to cold and dampness; ②Treating unrest during pregnancy and stabbing pain in the abdomen; ③Treating weakness and heaviness of the lower back and knees after stopping bleeding, but feeling a lack of vital energy in the dantian; ④Treating toxic dysentery with bloody mucus, with weak pulses and no fever or chills; ⑤Treating hiatus hernia: crush fresh mulberry parasitism into juice and drink it; ⑥Treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris by making mulberry parasitism into granules, with each packet equivalent to 1.3 ounces of crude medicine. Take 2 times daily, 0.5 packet each time, and occasionally 1 packet for a few cases. Observe 64 cases for a duration ranging from 4 weeks to 5 months.
The original morphology of the plant is a shrub growing to a height of 30-80cm. The stems and branches are cylindrical, dichotomous or trichotomous, with rarely many branches. The nodes are slightly enlarged, and the internodes of the twigs are 5-10cm long. After drying, they have irregular wrinkles. The plant is dioecious; the inflorescences are terminal or axillary on the bifurcated branches of the stem; the male inflorescences are cymose, with a boat-shaped involucre and usually 3 flowers, with 2 bracts or none on the central flower; the female inflorescences are cymose and spike-like, with female flower buds being oblong-ovoid and the receptacle being ovoid.
