What are Asarum and clove

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Some particularly nice names in life will stop us, and so will the names of drugs. We must have heard of cloves and asarum. The following is to introduce the details and clove is what.

What are Asarum and clove

First, asarum is a perennial herb; its rhizomes are erect or transverse, 2-3 mm in diameter, 1-2 cm in internode length, with many fibrous roots. Leaves usually 2, heart-shaped or ovate heart-shaped, apex acuminate or acute, base deep heart-shaped, top round, leaf surface sparsely short hairy, veins dense, leaf back only veins hairy. It mainly treats wind cold.

Second: cloves are deciduous shrubs or small trees; most of them are used for ornamental purposes. Some kinds of flowers can be used for aromatic oil, and they are also nectar plants. Wood is used for construction and furniture. A total of 35 species, excluding natural hybrids, are mainly distributed in China, Korea, Himalayas, Southeast Europe, Japan and Afghanistan. This flower is mainly used to extract essence.

Third: in traditional Chinese medicine, asarum and clove can be used together to warm the lung, remove Yin, promote qi and dry dampness, and most of them are used to treat cold drink, cough and asthma, wind cold and cold. It can also treat the body pain caused by qi stagnation and dampness block.

matters needing attention

Asarum and clove are ornamental plants, and their medicinal value is also very high. They are mainly used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat some cold problems caused by wind cold.