Horseshoe leaf

Horseshoe leaf

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Another name: Angelica sinensis, water hyacinth and water star anise (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of the Ranunculaceae, Allium sibiricum or Allium scapulatum.

[plant morphology] 1. Allium repens, also known as Allium repens.

Perennial herbs, 40-60 cm high. Rhizome stout, creeping. Stem purple, hollow, often branched. Basal leaves ovate or heart-shaped, 5-12 cm in diameter, margin coarsely serrate, base deeply visceral, glabrous on both sides; petiole 6-15 cm long, purplish green; stem leaves isomorphic with basal leaves, stipules, lower leaves petiolate, upper leaves sessile. The flowers are yellow, 1.6-3.2 cm in diameter; sepals are 5, petaloid, ovate elliptic, about 1-1.8 cm long; without petals; stamens are numerous, anthers are yellow; carpels are several. Follicles oblong, ca. 1 cm long, apex hooked, green. The seeds are numerous, kidney shaped, long elliptic, with longitudinal lines on the surface, brown and glossy. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from June to July.

Born in the shade under the forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, Gansu, Xinjiang and Northeast China.

② Roegneria scapina

It is a perennial herb with stem height of 3.5-18 (~ 24) cm. The basal leaves are long petiolate; the leaves are heart-shaped ovate, 1-3.5 cm long and 1.2-2.8 (~ 4) cm wide; the apex is round, the base is deeply heart-shaped, the whole margin or margin is shallow undulate; the stem leaves are small, less than 1.2 cm long. Flowers solitary or 2, arranged in a single cyme; sepals 5 (～ 7), yellow, 0.9 ～ 1.5 (～ 1.9) cm long; carpels several, with short stalks. The fruit is about 1-1.6 cm long.

In wet meadows or valleys. Distributed in Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and other places.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "mild in nature, pungent in taste, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "dispelling wind and dispersing cold. For head dizziness and pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 4-6 yuan; or soak in wine.

Chinese PinYin : Ma Ti Ye