General manager of Viburnum giganteum

General manager of Viburnum giganteum

(Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] Agastache rugosa (Nanjing folk herb), Mentha haplocalyx, caltrop (Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resource list), bupleurum bluflorum (Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Rabdosiae.

[plant morphology] rabdosia indica

Herbs perennial, ca. 1 m tall. The whole plant is covered with square hairs. Leaves opposite; elliptic ovate or lanceolate ovate, 3-8 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, margin coarsely serrated, base gradually narrowed, extending downward to petiole; leaf back with glandular dots, veins with pubescence. Inflorescence paniculate, opposite leaf axil or terminal; bracts lanceolate; flowers purple or light red, lip shaped; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed and 10 veined; corolla upper lip reflexed, 4-lobed, lower lip boat shaped, base narrow; stamens 4,2-strong; style 2-lobed. Nutlets broadly obovate, brown, glandular punctate, apically hairy, with persistent calyx outside. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from September to October.

It is wild in the grass on the hillside. It is distributed in Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan.

[collection] harvest from July to September

[nature and taste] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter in taste, cold in nature. "

Functions and indications: heat clearing, dehumidification and detoxification. Treatment of acute infectious hepatitis, eczema, skin itching.

① "Nanjing folk herbs": "soothe Qi, help digestion. "

② "The list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang Province": "the treatment of wind toxin and Liuzhu". "

③ Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, removing dampness and detumescence. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-2 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water.

[selection] ① for acute infectious hepatitis, snake bite: the chief manager of large leaf snake is five to two Liang. Take it in water.

② Treatment of snakebite: smash the main leaves of fresh large leaf snake and apply them around the wound.

③ Treatment of impetigo, eczema, skin itching: fresh leaf snake, water decoction, wash the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine was selected)

Chinese PinYin : Da Ye She Zong Guan