Chinese herb

Chinese herb

(Cao Mu Bian Fang)

[synonyms] Cucumis sativus L. (classified herbal medicine), Cucumis sativus L. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals), scorzonia scorzoniae L. and Herba plowshares L. (Chongqing herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or the whole grass with roots of Violaceae, Viola glabra, or Viola nepalensis.

[plant morphology] 1. Digitalis alba, also known as sword grass.

Herbs perennial, about 6-10 cm high. The main root is thick and long, and the lateral root is slender and many. The leaf base is tufted; lanceolate or long elliptic lanceolate to linear lanceolate, 2.5-7 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, apex obtuse, base truncate or cuneate, margin with shallow and obtuse serrations; petiole slender, purplish red, short hairy, upper end winged. Stem longer than leaves, purplish red, short hairy, with 2 linear lanceolate bracteoles in the middle; single flower terminal; calyx 5, lanceolate, margin membranous dentate; petal 5, white or purplish, obovate, 10-13 mm long, spur 3-4 mm long; stamen 5; pistil 1, 3-cordate; stigma apex gradually rent. Capsule rectangular round, mature petals triangular. Seeds small, yellowish brown, with sparse short villi on the surface. It blooms in early spring. The fruit period is from April to May.

Born in the fields, roadside shade wetland. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

② Viola longcalyx, also known as wengyu, Lilium, scissor, Viola.

Herbs biennial or perennial, glabrous. The rhizome is vertical. Leaves tufted, triangular or subhalberd shaped, 2-6 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, apex obtuse, base homocentric, margin serrate. Stipules connate with petiole, seperate part narrowly lanceolate, entire, or sparsely dentate. The stem is slightly longer than the leaf, and there are 2 linear bracteoles near the middle or below the middle; sepals 5, oblong or lanceolate; petals 5, purplish purple, two pairs of inner petals are spoon shaped, the apex and middle petals are purplish blue, the base is yellowish green, with purplish blue pattern, the lower petal is slightly wide, with cystic distance, light green; stamens 5, introverted, without filaments, and the lower two petals have nectary appendages; female Pistil 1, ovary superior, ovoid, style trumpet. Capsule 3-lobed, many seeds. The flowering period is from December to February next year. The fruit period is from April to May.

Grow in the wild. It is distributed in Southwest China, Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou.

③ Viola nepalensis, also known as Viola yedoensis.

Herbs perennial, 8-12 cm high. The taproot is short and thick. The leaf base is tufted; arrow shaped lanceolate to linear lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long, 8-15 mm wide, apex obtuse, base truncate to slightly spread into heart-shaped, margin with shallow wavy serrations; petiole slender, purplish red, upper end near leaf base with narrow wings; stipules lanceolate, margin with sparse serrations. Stem longer than leaves; bracts linear, base with several glandular teeth; single flower terminal, sepals 6, elliptic lanceolate, base appendage ovate triangular; petals 5, white, slightly purple, obovate oblong, spur about 5 mm long; stamens 5, filaments short; pistils 1, stigma curved and swollen into 3-lobed. Capsule suborbicular.

It grows on hillside, grassland and roadside wetland. It is distributed in the middle and south of China.

[collection] harvest from February to July when there are flowers and fruits.

[flavor] pungent, slightly bitter, cold.

① Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is cold in nature, bitter in taste and non-toxic. "

② "Bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

③ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "mild in taste, flat in nature, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence. It is used to treat intestinal carbuncle, sores, redness, swelling, sores and poisons, jaundice, drenching and turbid, and Yimu.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "it can cure the swelling of the moon and the injury of the knife and axe. "

② Classification of herbal medicine: "to wind and fire, disinfection swelling sores, scattered blood stasis. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Tongjing, detumescence, detoxification. It can treat redness, swelling, sores and drenching. "

④ "Clearing away heat and detoxification" is one of the most important contents in Nanning medical records. Treatment of Yang Huang, intestinal carbuncle, sores, heat toxin. "

⑤ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treatment of eye diseases and pimple back. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: tamping.

[taboo] "it's forbidden to take medicine for people with deficiency cold. "

[prescription selection] ① for intestinal carbuncle: huatoucao Decoction and hongtengjian decoction. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of malignant sores, redness and pain: fresh huatou grass, smash external application. (Chengdu Manual of common herbal medicine treatment)

[clinical application] in the treatment of early inflammation of carbuncle and furuncle

Mash fresh Viola longcalyx and apply it on the affected part. Change it after drying. It can also be made into powder or ointment. If you have systemic symptoms, you can take 1 liang of dry grass and fry it in water; or wash it with fresh grass and mash it in about 1 wine cup and take it orally. The effect is more significant. More than 40 cases were treated effectively.

Chinese PinYin : Hua Tou Cao