Seven leeches

Seven leeches

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] red leech seven (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), stone crab (Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine new selection).

[source] it is the rhizome of Gesneriaceae.

[plant morphology] cyclocalyx long capsule moss

Perennial herbs. Rhizome oblate columnar, 3-12 cm long, green, striated, like a leech, the lower side of the majority of fibrous roots. The leaves are broad ovate, apex short pointed, base heart-shaped, margin with blunt teeth, dark green above, light green below, and both sides covered with white nodal hairs. Cymes densely nodose hairy; flowers purplish blue. Capsule linear. 2-valved at maturity. The flowering period is spring and summer.

Born in the deep mountain valley stone wall moist place. It is distributed in Guangxi and other places.

[nature and taste] new selection of Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter, cool, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of Guangxi medicinal plants, it is used for relieving cough, treating stomachache, dysentery and infantile malnutrition. External use of detumescence, pain, bone, treatment of falls. "

② New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "invigorating spleen, eliminating food, clearing heat and removing dampness. Treatment of infantile malnutrition, hepatitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-6 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] for infantile malnutrition: leech seven, hungry leech. Fry or steam lean pork. (new selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi)

Chinese PinYin : Ma Huang Qi