Maipingcao

Maipingcao

(collection of common folk herbs)

[synonyms] Jingping, Miwa Ping (taxonomy of Chinese seed plants), Xianglu grass (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine), meihuaping (Shaanxi traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Caryophyllaceae.

[plant morphology] maipingcao

Annual herb, 20-50 cm high, with dense glandular hairs. Main root rent, with wood. The stem is erect, or the lower part is inclined, with more branches in the upper and middle parts. Leaves opposite; basal leaves slightly spoon shaped, middle and upper leaves lanceolate, apex pointed, base broad, half embracing stem. Cyme terminal; calyx campanulate, upper part narrow, base expanded, apex 5-lobed. Lobes subulate lanceolate, calyx vein 30; petals 5, purple, obovate, apex sometimes concave, base claw, claw has two ears, and petals connected with 9 scales; stamens 10; ovary long ovate, style 3. Capsule ovate or conic, apex 5-lobed. Seeds kidney shaped, with numerous verrucous processes. The flowering period is April.

Born in fields, roadsides, grass or wheat fields. It is distributed in the north and the middle of China.

[collection] they were harvested and dried in the sun from February to March.

[chemical composition] the seeds contain starch, etc.

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, cool.

Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "it tastes light and bitter, and its nature is cool. "

Functions and indications: Nourishing Yin and harmonizing blood. Treatment of deficiency, cough and hemoptysis. Bleeding, irregular menstruation.

① Collection of commonly used folk herbs: "nourishing yin and eliminating heat. Treat weak cough. "

② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "stop bleeding, regulate menstruation and activate blood circulation. Treatment of epistaxis, hematemesis, irregular menstruation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak and sprinkle.

[selection] 1. To treat tuberculosis and hematemesis: one or two wheat bottles and one or two red dates. Cook the lees together.

② To cure women's dry blood tuberculosis, there is internal heat and bone steaming: one to three taels of wheat bottle grass, stewed for hens.

③ After the treatment of hematemesis, the weak can not recover: maipingcao 1 to 22. Stew and kill meat. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Mai Ping Cao