Luoshuang Honggen, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the root of Ilex serrata Thunb., a plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, and other regions. It has the effects of clearing the lungs, detoxifying, and promoting wound healing. It is commonly used for lung abscesses, burns, and ulcerated sores.
Frost-Red Root
Luoshuang Honggen, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the root of Ilex serrata Thunb., a plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, and other regions. It has the effects of clearing the lungs, detoxifying, and promoting wound healing. It is commonly used for lung abscesses, burns, and ulcerated sores.
Chinese Name : 落霜红根
Nature, Flavor & Meridian Tropism : It has a sweet and bitter taste and a cool nature. It enters the Lung and Liver meridians.
Benefits & Efficacy
Benefits
Clears the lungs, detoxifies, and promotes wound healing.
Indications
Lung abscess, burns, and ulcerated sores.
Usage and Dosage
Internal use: Decoct as a soup; use 30–60 g of fresh herb. External use: Apply an appropriate amount of juice extracted by pounding and squeezing.
Relevant Discussions
*Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine*: “Clears heat, cools the blood, and detoxifies. Treats lung abscesses, scalds and burns, and ulcerated sores.”
Applications
Related Compatibility
1. For lung abscess: 30–60 g of fresh Luoshuanghong root. Decoct in water and take orally. (*Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine*)
2. For ulcerated sores: 30–60 g of fresh Luoshuanghong root; decoct in water and take orally; additionally, crush fresh leaves into a paste and apply topically. (*Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine*)
Processing & Preparation
Harvesting & Processing
It can be harvested year-round and is most commonly used fresh.
Crude Drug Identification
Botanical Information
Botanical Classification
A plant of the Aquifoliaceae family, *Ilex hirsuta*.
Morphological Characteristics
Hairy Holly, also known as Narrow-leaved Holly, Small-leaved Holly, or Fine-haired Holly. A deciduous shrub, 1–2 m tall. Bark is gray; twigs are stiffly hairy or nearly glabrous, with prominent lenticels.Leaves are alternate; petioles are 6–8 mm long; leaf blades are membranous, elliptic, rarely ovate or obovate-elliptic, 2–9 cm long and 1–4 cm wide, with an acuminate apex, a cuneate base, and sharply serrate margins; the midrib is sunken on the upper surface and raised on the lower surface; reticulate veins are prominent; both surfaces are sparsely covered with stiff hairs.Cymes solitary in leaf axils; male flowers 4–5, pedicels 2.5 mm long, calyx 1.5–2 mm in diameter, sepals triangular, pubescent on the outside, corolla 4.5–5 mm in diameter, petals oblong, slightly fused at the base, stamens slightly shorter than the corolla;female flowers 4–5, pedicels 2–3 mm long, calyx similar to that of male flowers, corolla 4.5 mm in diameter, petals ovate, ovary ovoid, stigma disc-shaped. Fruit spherical, approximately 5 mm in diameter, red, containing 4–5 seeds (rarely 1), broadly elliptic, smooth on the back, with a leathery endocarp.Flowering occurs from August to September, and fruiting occurs in October.
Distribution Area
It is distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, and other areas.