Fishing rod

Fishing rod

(Cao Mu Bian Fang)

[synonym] xiaodiaoyu fishing rod (collection of commonly used folk herbs), ascites grass (Chengdu Chinese herbal medicine), yichuanyu, chuanyucao, xiaochuanyu (Sichuan).

[source] the whole plant of Scrophulariaceae, Viburnum villosum, Viburnum latifolium or Viburnum paniculatum.

[plant morphology] 1

Perennial herbs, slender stems, ribbed, somewhat vine like growth, occasionally with sparse hairs. The leaves are broad, ovoid to lanceolate, 7-14 cm long and 2.5-6 cm wide, apex acuminate to acutely caudate, margin serrate, veins covered with erect bristles below, and more below. Inflorescence, axillary, 1-3cm long, bisexual, tubular, calyx 5-lobed, linear lanceolate to linear, light green; corolla red, 4-5-lobed; stamen 2, filaments very long, with white hairs, extending out of the tube; pistil 1, carpels 2, ovary superior, 2-locular, stigma slender, extending out of the tube, shorter than stamen. Capsule conical ovate, many seeds. The flowering period is September. The fruit period is from September to October.

Born in the forest, stone crevice and other wet places. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

② Broad leaf ascites herb

Its shape is similar to that of Chaetomium villosum, but its leaves are short, broad ovate and midrib glabrous.

③ Long spike ascites grass

Its shape is similar to that of Chaetomium villosum, but its leaves are long and narrow, midrib glabrous, inflorescence long, generally 4-6 cm long.

[collection] harvest in summer.

Bitter and cool.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "bitter, cold. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is cool in nature, slightly bitter in taste and non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: heat clearing, water circulation, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of lung heat, cough, edema, gonorrhea, red eyes, injuries, burns.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "dispel poison, search wind, remove dampness, benefit muscles and bones, move Qi, eliminate blood stasis and generate muscle. To cure infantile convulsion. "

② Classification of herbal medicine: "treating cough, applying scalds, chewing and applying ulcers, generating muscles. "

③ "Tianbao Materia Medica": "calming the liver, reducing Qi. The treatment of fire eye, cloud cover, grub chancre, heart and stomach qi pain. "

④ "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "clearing blood heat, promoting Qi, eliminating water distension. It can be used to treat lumbago. "

⑤ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "clearing heat and detoxifying. Treatment of lung heat, cough, snakebite and fire scald. "

⑥ Treatment of menstruation, gonorrhea, sores, injuries. (Sichuan)

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: tamping.

Chinese PinYin : Diao Yu Gan