Big head Chen

Big head Chen

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] qianchui grass, Aconitum wind, Prunella vulgaris (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine), disongcha, Shiji (Guangzhou army's "manual of common Chinese herbal medicine"), pseudomint, heitoucao, Shenqu grass (Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of common Chinese herbal medicine").

[source] it is the whole plant with flowers of Scrophularia ningpoensis.

[plant morphology] musk glomerata

Herbs annual, up to 1 m inside and outside, glandular hairy. Stem erect, solitary or branched. Leaves opposite, shortly stipitate, ovate to oblong or lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long, apex obtuse, margin obtuse serrate. Spike terminal, spherical or oblong, 1-3 cm long; bracteoles 2, linear; flowers dense; blue purple, about 7 mm long; calyx teeth 5, lower calyx teeth larger, lanceolate, other linear, slightly shorter than corolla; corolla tube cylindrical, upper lip erect, lower lip expanded, 3-lobed; stamen 4, included; pistil 1. Capsule ovate, ca. 3 mm, brown. The flowering period is October.

It grows on hillside, wilderness and grass. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] harvest, wash and dry when flowering.

[medicinal material] the dried whole grass with flowers is 30-40 cm long and its roots are mostly cut off. There may be remnants. Stem 2-5 mm thick, appearance iron brown to brown, all covered with gray glandular hairs. It is hard and slightly tough, with pith in the center of cross section, often empty; its branches are prismatic, and its nodes are obvious. The leaves are crispy, dark brown, brown on the back and gray white hairs on both sides. Terminal spherical or rectangular round spikes, corolla shrinkage, brown, fragrant.

Made in Guangdong.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains organic acids, sugars, flavonoid glycosides, phenols and amino acids.

It is pungent and cool.

① "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine": "it tastes fragrant and pungent, and its nature is mild and cool. "

② Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "pungent, slightly bitter, cool. "

[function indications] xuanbiao Hezhong. Treatment of cold, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dermatitis.

① "Lingnan caiyao Lu": "published to drive the wind, treat exogenous headache. "

② "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine": "treatment of exogenous cold, typhoid, heat and skin heat toxicity, acclimatization. "

③ Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "aromatization and turbidity removal". Treat dyspepsia, abdominal distension and diarrhea. "

④ "Treatment of stomachache and dermatitis" in Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine". "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang (fresh 1-2 Liang). External use: tamping.

[selection] ① for cold, cough, fever, headache, dyspepsia, abdominal distension and diarrhea: Chen Wuqian to one or two. Take it in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

② Treatment of dermatitis: big head Chen, mash and apply to the affected area. (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Da Tou Chen