Kuding

Kuding

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] xiaoshanradish, longzhakou (Caomu Bianfang), chatoucao (Sichuan chronicles of traditional Chinese Medicine), mothgrass (Chinese herbal medicine communication (3): 581972).

[source] it is the whole plant of Lactuca formosana.

[plant morphology] Taiwan lettuce

Annual or biennial herbs, 80-120 cm high. All contain white milk. Several taproots, conical. Stem simple, erect, cylindrical, sparsely long hairy, upper part much branched. Leaves alternate, usually sessile, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate, 7-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, pinnately divided, lobes margin dentate, apex lobes larger, lobes on both sides slightly downward, apex sharp or acuminate, or blunt, base auricular amplexicaul, ear margin serrate, green above, light green below, long hairs on main vein. Inflorescence terminal, arranged into a panicle, involucre cylindrical; bracts imbricate arrangement, inner bracts lanceolate, longer, outer bracts short; flowers pale yellow, all tongue shaped; stamens 5, attached to corolla tube; ovary inferior, style slender, stigma 2-lobed. Achene ovoid, flat, black, apex beaked, corolla white, soft. The flowering period is from May to September.

Born on the roadside and in the wilderness. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian and Taiwan.

[collection] harvest from March to April.

[nature and taste] ① Cao Mu Bian Fang: "bitter. "

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

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treatment of scabies, sores, carbuncle, snake bite.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "detoxification, heat dissipation, clear fire, benefit bones and muscles, treat the evil in the middle, use the same technique. Snake wound blisters, tamping. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "clearing away heat and toxin, regulating menstruation.". It can be used to treat poison, carbuncle, swelling and snakebite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or soaking in wine. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[clinical application] treatment of tonsillitis

The main roots of unstarted moth grass seedlings, fresh 3-5 money, dry 1-3 money, fried twice, mixed, three times; or made into pills, powder, 0.5-1 money each time. According to the follow-up observation of 100 cases, they were cured in 1-2 days.

Chinese PinYin : Ku Ding