Senecio scandens

Senecio scandens

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] rhubarb, niutongues, ichthyophyllum (Lingnan medicine collection record), hookgrass, daogencao (flora of Guangzhou), ragweed, Baiji Achyranthes bidentata, Jigu Cao (Fujian folk herbal medicine), niuqifeng, bainiuqi, and Eji (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine plant), daotuocao (flora of Nanning City), daotuntuntun, daoguacao (wild medicine plant map), Jigu Huang Ox Rex nose (Quanzhou materia medica), barbed grass (Guangzhou army's "manual of common Chinese herbal medicine"), Verbena officinalis, Weishen grass, duck foot Festival (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine), iron Verbena, Cuobi grass (Practical Chinese herbal medicine), Daole grass (Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of common Chinese herbal medicine").

[source] it is the whole plant of Achyranthes bidentata.

[plant morphology] Achyranthes bidentata

Erect herbs annual or biennial, ca. 1 m tall. The stem is much branched, flabby, cylindrical, purplish red, often with yellowish brown longitudinal texture, the nodes are obvious and expanded, the young branches are square, with longitudinal edges, greenish green or purplish red, covered with white short hairs, and the old ones gradually fall off. Leaves opposite, oblong obovate to elliptic or obovate, 3-10 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base narrow, entire, both surfaces densely covered with trichomes. Spikes terminal, extended, 4-15 cm long, flowers green, about 4 mm long, buds upright, close to the axis after opening; bracteoles 2, cone tip, strong, usually slightly shorter than the calyx, both sides of the base membranous, transparent; stamens 5, T-shaped drug, filaments purplish red, staminodes ciliary, surrounded by ovary; ovary oblong, style single, stigma not split. Capsule small, oblong, persistent calyx wrapped, not exposed, light brown, ca. 3 mm long, obovate on rachis. The flowering period is from summer and autumn to the next spring.

Distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Hunan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places.

The root of this plant (Achyranthes bidentata) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

Bitter, pungent and cold.

① "Fujian folk herbal medicine": "bitter acid, flat, non-toxic. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "bitter and pungent in taste, cold in nature. "

③ "Sweet, light, cool" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, relieving exterior, promoting diuresis and blood circulation. Treat cold, fever, dysentery, malaria, sore throat, beriberi, gonorrhea. Edema, traumatic injury.

① "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "benefit urination, clear blood, disinfect. It can cure red and white dysentery, throat disease, traumatic injury, strengthen muscles and bones, disperse blood, relieve pain and regulate beriberi. "

② "Clearing away heat, relieving exterior, promoting diuresis and relieving drenching" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. It is used to treat urinary tract fever, headache, chronic kidney disease. "

③ "Clearing heat, promoting diuresis, strengthening tendons and dispersing blood" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou air force. It can cure cold, fever, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, sore throat, hypertension, nephritis and edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[taboo] Fujian folk herbal medicine: "pregnant women should not use it. "

[prescription selection] ① gonorrhea: fresh whole herb of Verbena officinalis is six to one or two yuan (dry four to six yuan). Take it before water frying and once a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treat the pain of tendon contraction caused by falling injury: fresh whole grass of Verbena officinalis and a lump of hair. Fried soup smoked wash, once a day, can often wash. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment naiwo abscess: Verbena fresh whole grass two liang, wine stew service; slag mash applied to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Dao Kou Cao