Light taste as medicine

Light taste as medicine

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

[synonym] Kucao, xiaofanggan, wujinsan.

[source] it is the whole herb of Gentianaceae.

[plant morphology] as medicine, also known as Swertia mussotii.

Herbs 1-2 years old, about 40 cm high. The root is yellow. Stem erect, much branched, nearly square, pale yellow, sometimes dark purple. Leaves opposite; lower leaves narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, upper leaves oblanceolate to oblong elliptic lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, base narrowly cuneate; sessile. Flowers terminal and axillary, forming a panicle of corymbose; sepals 5, lanceolate, as long as corolla or shorter than corolla; corolla 5-lobed, lobes 8-12 mm long, white, with purple stripes. Capsule narrowly ovate. The flowering period is from October to November.

It is found in hillside forest, tidal wetland and grassland. It is distributed from Jilin to North China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Zhejiang.

[collection] the whole grass was collected from July to October and used fresh or dried in the sun.

Bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, treating osteomyelitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis and scabies.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or grinding powder. External use: tamping or juice coating.

[prescription selection] ① for osteomyelitis: light taste as medicine, Nanling flower, raspberry root skin each one money, fresh pearl root two Liang. Add half a catty of yellow rice wine, stew in boiling water, take the juice three times a day, 30 ml each time. Apply the medicine residue to the affected area.

② Treatment of conjunctivitis: light taste as medicine, five money to wide two, water fried red sugar service. Or research fine end, each time three to five minutes, boiled water delivery service, daily service three to five times.

③ Treatment of Agkistrodon acutus, bamboo leaf green snake bite: after the wound is washed, take light taste as medicine and salt to smash the external application. Take another two and fry them in water.

Chinese PinYin : Dan Wei Dang Yao