Heart protecting herb

Heart protecting herb

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Another name is Fu Xin Cao (classified herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Cyperaceae.

[plant morphology] Cyperus rotundifolia

Annual herb, 2-25 cm high. Culms tufted, oblate triangular. Leaf linear, 1-2.5 mm wide, base sheath purplish red. Bracts 3-6, leaflike, much longer than inflorescence; long lateral branches Juana inflorescence is capitate or ovate, 5-15 mm in diameter; spikelets dense, ovate or lanceolate, 3-4 mm in length, with more than 10-20 flowers; scales spirally arranged, membranous, oblong lanceolate, about 2 mm in length, yellowish white, with 3-5 veins, middle vein extending out, apex showing a short tip: stamen 2, less 1, anther oblong Style long, stigma 2, less than 3, usually with yellow papillae. Nutlets narrowly oblong, triangular. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to September.

Most of them are found in tidal wetland or roadside. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangdong, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] harvest at the time of result.

[nature and taste] 1. Classified herbal medicine nature: "nature heat". "

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

[functions and indications] ① classified herbal medicine: nourishing blood and regulating menstruation. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Xingqi Tiaojing. Treatment of women with menstrual pain and menstrual cycle, or two to three times a month. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.4-1 Liang; or grinding powder.

[prescription selection] treatment of menstrual pain and early menstruation: heart protecting herb, water table board, Kang dry powder. Four dollars at a time, make a bad meal. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Hu Xin Cao