Key leaf grass

Key leaf grass

(Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] radix paeoniae rubra, Radix Raphanus sativus, Flos haijinhua and Ulmus pumila (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole plant of Limonium bungeanum.

[plant morphology] Limonium

Perennial herbs. The root is fleshy and thick. The stem is single, 20-40 cm high, and the lower part is red. The root leaves are rosette shaped, spoon shaped, 3-5 cm long and 1.3-1.7 cm wide. The apex is obtuse, with a cusp. The base gradually narrows into a winged stalk. The base and veins are red and glabrous. Panicle terminal, multiple bifurcated branches, branches with 2 bracts, lanceolate, light brown: lateral flowers, several dense into panicles, each flower with oval bracts; calyx white, funnel-shaped, margin 5-lobed, folded; petal 5, light yellow; stamen 5, at the base of corolla; style 5, separated. The fruit is 5-ribbed and enclosed in the calyx.

Born on the seashore. It is distributed all over the coast of China.

[collection] the root can be harvested all year round; the whole grass can be harvested in summer and autumn.

[taste] bitter, slightly cold.

Functions and indications: dispel dampness, clear away heat and stop bleeding.

[selection] 1. For hemorrhoids and hemorrhoids, take two liang of fresh spoonfuls and stewed pork in water.

② Treatment of anal prolapse: fresh spoon leaf grass four Liang, water fried sitz bath.

③ Treatment of damp heat, bloody stool and blood drenching: fresh spoonful leaf grass root 1 to 2 liang, decoction.

④ Treatment of blood heat and menorrhagia: one or two fresh spoonfuls. Take it in water.

⑤ In the humid tropics: five to seven dollars for fresh spoonfeed roots. Five bucks for sugar, fried in water.

⑥ Cure back carbuncle: fresh spoon leaf grass root two liang, wine stew service; slag tune glutinous rice mash external application. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)

Chinese PinYin : Shi Ye Cao