Doellingeria

Doellingeria

(Chinese medicine and plant records)

[synonyms] xianbaicao, shanhailu (Chinese medicinal plant records), panlongcao, baiyunecao (Hunan medicinal records), Ixeris cuspidata, Chinese cabbage, xiaoyeqing (Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs).

[source] it is the whole herb of dongfengcai, a Compositae plant.

[plant morphology] Dongfeng vegetable

Perennial herbs, 1-1.5 m high. Stem erect, round, base smooth, the upper part gradually hairy, twig tip hair dense, sometimes the middle of the stem slightly red. Leaves alternate; basal leaves heart-shaped, 9-24 cm long, 6-18 cm wide; apex pointed, margin serrate or compound serrate, green above, gray white below, with short hairs on both sides; petiole 6-16 cm long, narrow wing, carved after anthesis; upper stem leaves ovate triangular, apex sharp, base heart-shaped or truncate, petiole shorter. The inflorescence is integrated into loose corymbose; involucre is semicircular, bracts are in series, long elliptic, apex obtuse, back green, margin membranous; the edge is glossy flower, white, female, tongue is 10-13 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, tube is about 3 mm long; central tubular flower, yellow, bisexual, Corolla is about 5.5 mm long. Achenes oblong, 3-3.5 mm in length; corolla brownish yellow, varying in length. It blooms in autumn.

Born on dry sunny hillside or open land. It is distributed in the north, East and south of China.

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

[nature and taste] Jiangxi herbal medicine manual: "sweet, cold, non-toxic. "

[function indications] for traumatic injuries and snake injuries.

[formula selection] ① treatment of traumatic injury: Dongfeng vegetable tamping. (Hunan medical records)

② Treatment of snakebite: whole herb of Dongfeng vegetable, mashed and applied. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

Chinese PinYin : Dong Feng Cai