Liangmianqing

Liangmianqing

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonym] little girl tea (Yunnan Simao herbal medicine selection), Jiaman (Dai name).

[source] it is the whole plant of millennial tree of Cerambycidae.

Millennium tree

Shrub, 2-3m high. Stem brown or green, with reddish brown lenticels. Leaves alternate, elliptic lanceolate, margin serrate, 8-13 cm long, glabrous below. Branchlets and spikelets pubescent. Panicles axillary; corolla tube 0.6 mm long, lobes 0.75 mm long. Berry, pale yellow when ripe.

It grows under the hillside forest and on the wet side of the road.

[collection] all year round. Slice and dry in the sun.

[flavor] slightly bitter, cool.

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treat measles, hepatitis, diarrhea, stomachache, hypertension.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

[selected formula] to treat acute icteric hepatitis: shuangliangqing, together with cuiyuncao, verbena and Imperata root, is decocted in water.

Chinese PinYin : Liang Mian Qing