In daily life, Saxifraga stolonifera is relatively unfamiliar to people. Saxifraga stolonifera is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine plant that can treat some physical diseases, has the effect of nourishing, and can also treat some diseases such as cough with blood, dizziness, and headache. It is a very good medicine. Saxifraga stolonifera can also be made into medicated food, which also has good nourishing effects.

Pharmacological action

1. Cough-suppressing and expectorant effects.

2. Antimicrobial action.

3. Promote the recovery of pathological tissue.

4. Toxicity

Saxifraga stolonifera is a safe, non-toxic, and non-mutagenic medicine.

Morphological characteristics

Perennial herb, 13-52 cm tall. Rhizome robust, scales. Leaves all basally arranged; leaf blades coriaceous, oblong, narrowly oblong to nearly elliptic, rarely broadly oblong to nearly oblong, 5.5-16 cm long, 3-9 cm wide, apex obtuse and rounded, margin with undulate teeth to nearly entire, base cuneate, both surfaces with small glandular pits, glabrous; petiole 2-7 cm long, sheath margin glabrous. Flower spike sparsely covered with glandular hairs.

Inflorescence in a paniculate cone shape, 3-23 cm long; peduncle 8-13 mm long, densely covered with long-pedunculate glandular hairs; bracteoles outside densely covered with long-pedunculate glandular hairs; sepals coriaceous, narrowly ovate, 6.5-7 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, apex obtuse, glabrous on the ventral and marginal surfaces, densely covered with long-pedunculate glandular hairs on the dorsal surface; petals purple-red, broadly ovate, 10-16.5 mm long, 7-7.8 mm wide, apex obtuse or slightly emarginate, base narrowed into a claw 2-2.5 mm long, many-veined; stamens 6-11 mm long; ovary ovoid, 6.7-7.5 mm long, style 2, 5.3-7.5 mm long. Chromosome 2n=34. Flowering and fruiting period May to October.

Relevant compatibility

1. Treatment for consumptive cough

Fresh Saxifraga stolonifera 60g, four pieces of tile 10g,八角枫0.6g, boil and serve with 3 eggs.

2. Treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis cough

Saxifraga stolonifera, stemonae, lily, sand root, purple perilla root, wheat wintergreen, and Ophiopogon japonicus each 6-9g. Serve with pork heart and lung.

3. Treatment for hemoptysis

Saxifraga stolonifera 9g, pork lean meat in appropriate amount, served by simmering; or with Eclipta prostrata and Imperata cylindrical, served by decoction.