Green bristlegrass

Green bristlegrass

(compendium)

[synonyms] atrazine (the book of songs), Guangming grass, arohan grass (compendium), gouwei BanZhi (compendium Collection), gucaizi (plant name Collection), Xicao (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), gouwei grass and gouweiqu (Fujian folk medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass of Setaria viridis.

[plant morphology] Setaria

Herbs annual, 30-40 cm high, root like, culm erect or base geniculate, usually slender. Leaf sheath is loose, glabrous or pilose; ligule has cilia 1-2 mm long; leaf blade is flat, 5-30 cm long, 2-15 mm wide, apex acuminate, base slightly round or narrower, usually glabrous. Panicle compact cylindrical, 2-15 cm long, slightly bent or erect, green, yellow or purplish; spikelet elliptic, apex obtuse, 2-2.5 mm long; first glume ovate, 3-veined, second glume 5-veined; first lemma as long as spikelet, 5-7-veined, with a narrow palea. Grains oblong, apex obtuse, with fine punctate wrinkles. The flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

Grow in the wilderness, roadside. It is distributed in most areas of China.

Setaria viridis used in Tibet is the whole grass of Setaria viridis.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn and dry in the sun.

[nature and taste] 1. In Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "cool, light. "

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

Functions and indications: removing heat, dampness and swelling. For carbuncle, ringworm and red eye.

① "Gangmu": "to cure verruca, it is necessary to pass through the hair, and to wear it will dry and destroy it. For those with eyelashes and eyelashes, turn over the dangerous eyes and dip one or two stems in water to remove the evil blood. "

② "Gangmu Shiyi": treatment of carbuncle and tinea. Tinea on the face, take grass effect stem rub soft, rub it from time to time. "

③ "Guizhou folk medicine collection": antipyretic, eye disease treatment. Also used to treat leprosy (WART). "

④ "Luchuan Materia Medica": "dehumidification, detumescence. To cure yellow water sores. "

⑤ Chongqing herbal medicine: "cure eye disease, shed tears and fog. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat the unknown eye in a long time: research the end of Setaria, steam the liver of sheep and take it. (classified herbal medicine)

② Treatment of maolanghuang (a maomaosha): take it orally in the decoction of Setaria, use silver needle to prick the red Huang, and use hemp thread to extrude the white silk in the Huang, which is like wool, otherwise it will swell to death. (Zhou Yisheng's family prescription)

Chinese PinYin : Gou Wei Cao