Desmodium graminearum

Desmodium graminearum

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonym] Jinpan Yinzhan, bahengcao (Jiangxi), Lilium bicolor, huatoucai, Viola yedoensis, scissor, and Lilium bicolor (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selections).

[source] it is the whole plant of Violaceae.

[plant morphology] Desmodium graminearum

Perennial herbs. There are many branching roots and fibrous roots on the taproot. The leaves are tufted; the petiole is about 4-8 cm long and pubescent; the leaves are ovate heart-shaped, 1.5-3 cm long and 1.2-2.6 cm wide, with rounded teeth on the margin and short hairs on both sides; the stipules are small, connate with the petiole and membranous. Pedicel between leaves, sometimes longer than leaves, 2 lanceolate bracteoles below the middle, ca. 1 cm long; flowers solitary, bluish purple, ca. 1.7 cm in diameter; sepals lanceolate, ca. 0.6 cm in length, green, margin membranous, decurrent in different girths; petals 5, the lowest one is the largest, base distantly shaped, spur obtuse; stamens 5, anthers encircle pistils inward, connectives flat, extending outside the anther chamber, and stamens 5 Ovary superior, ovate, stigma truncate, slightly enlarged, beaked. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds globose, yellow, flowering in spring.

He was born in the mountains. It is distributed in Yunnan, Jiangxi and other places.

[nature and taste] 1. In the south of Yunnan materia medica: "it is slightly cold in nature and bitter in taste. "

② "Selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "light, cool. "

[Guijing] materia medica of Southern Yunnan: "enter the liver, walk Yangming. "

Functions and indications: dispersing wind, clearing heat, soothing liver and reducing swelling. It can cure wind fire, red eye, eye shadow, mastitis, rash and swelling.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "breaking Qi and blood, relaxing depression. It can cure wind fire, eye redness and pain, dispel the wind and remove the haze, cover the eyes with white film, obstruct the breast, and cause redness and swelling. White flower is good for ophthalmology, purple flower is good for milk, yellow flower is good for cold, Qi and abdominal pain. "

② It can be used to treat scrofula and all kinds of gangrene, swelling and poison. (Jiangxi)

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping.

[should avoid] it can be used when the liver is solid, and should not be used when the liver is deficient.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of red eye, wind heat, swelling and pain, shyness and fear of the sun, yizha and other diseases: one coin for Herba digitae, one coin for Ligusticum chuanxiong, five cents for Equisetum Guangmu, one coin for cicada (head and foot removed), one coin for Scutellaria baicalensis, one coin for Tribulus terrestris, one coin for Chrysanthemum morifolium, one coin for Gardenia seed and one kilogram for sheep liver. Take it in water.

② For women with breast obstruction, or for children with breast blowing, or for their own pressure, headache, fear of cold, fever, thirst, body sleepiness, chest tremor, distension and hardness, pain like acupuncture: two coins for desaoguo, five cents for chuanxiong, five cents for Qingpi, one penny for Angelica dahurica, one penny for pollen, one penny for bupleurum, one penny for honeysuckle, five cents for gancaojie. Water and wine. (it's better not to publish the "materia medica of Southern Yunnan" below)

Chinese PinYin : Di Cao Guo