Horse grass

Horse grass

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] ranyicao (Guizhou folk medicine).

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

[plant morphology] Setaria plicata

Herbs perennial, up to 1 m tall. Culm erect, base sometimes dilated. Leaves elliptic to oblong, strongly folded, 7-25 cm long and 1.2-3 cm wide, both ends acuminate, veins on both sides papillate, sparsely hairy or bald; leaf sheaths glabrous, sheath mouth pilose. Panicles spiriform, scattered, up to 30 cm or more long, green; branches raised, scattered, 1-7 cm long; spikelets elliptic, about 3 mm long, short pointed, closely arranged in short leaves The first glume is suborbicular, about 1 mm long, apex cuneiform, 3-veined; the second glume is elliptic, about 2 mm long, 5-veined; sterile floret is neutral; lemma is elliptic, about 3 mm long, 5-veined; palea is narrow, lanceolate, transparent; lemma of fruiting floret is about 2.5 mm long , rugose, margin narrower involute, enclosing palea. The flowering and fruiting periods are summer and autumn.

Shengyin wetland under the forest. It is distributed in the south of the Yangtze River Basin.

[collection] harvest after autumn.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature, light in taste and non-toxic.

[function indications] detoxify, kill insects, and turn rotten meat.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of tinea Coptidis: tender horse grass, after being crushed, take the juice and spot the affected area.

② Zhifa pill: a handful of fresh horse grass, beat down and apply it to the affected area. (the following is Guizhou folk medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Ma Cao