Chrysanthemum morifolium

Chrysanthemum morifolium

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

[source] it's the whole plant of Compositae.

[plant morphology] the creeping Gerbera, also known as stellate.

Perennial herbs. The root is stout; the root neck is covered with brown fibrous dead petioles. The leaves are mostly imbricate, radial, linear lanceolate, 3-12 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, base widened, red purple. The inflorescences are mostly clustered, 0.7-1 cm in diameter, without pedicel; the involucre is cylindrical, the involucre is usually purple, 5-Row, ciliate, oblong outside, linear inside; the flowers are all tubular, bisexual, purple; the anthers are blue gray, with tail at the base, and woolly on the tail. Achene smooth. Corolla pale brown, pinnate. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to September.

It is found in alpine meadow and wet hillside. Distributed in Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] collected in September, washed and dried.

[nature and taste] 1. Tibetan Plateau medicine illustrated book: "bitter, slightly cold. "

② "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": "Gan, Ping. "

[Guijing] treatment manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine: "entering liver and spleen meridians. "

[function and treatment] pharmacograph of Qinghai Tibet Plateau: "treatment of toxic fever and fracture.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-8 yuan.

[prescription selection] ① rheumatism, pain in muscles and bones, and disadvantageous flexion and extension: Saussurea stolonifera with Decoction of Gentiana macrophylla, Geranium sibiricum and Clematis. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

② Treatment of botulism: Longdi fengmaoju with crude Su decoction. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

Chinese PinYin : Fu Di Feng Mao Ju