Pennisetum pubescens

Pennisetum pubescens

(records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] paiqiancao, dieqiancao (Nanning medical records), Qilin tablets (Guangxi medical records).

[source] it is the root and aerial parts of leguminous plant Lepidoptera.

[plant morphology] scaly civet scales, also known as lianliwei tree.

Small shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high. Stems and branches densely covered with yellow tomentose. 3 compound leaves, leaflets lanceolate or oblong, apical leaflets longer, 5-6 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, apex obtuse or slightly absent, margin shallow wavy, base cuneate or suborbicular, lateral leaflets smaller, broadly elliptic or oval, 3-4 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, base oblique; stipules 1 pair, ovate lanceolate. Panicle terminal, 15-25 cm long, composed of many umbels, each umbel hidden in two 1-3 cm long round, leafy bracts; petiole 2-3 mm long, pubescent with calyx; calyx 5-cleft, lateral 2-cleft, teeth healed into 1; corolla butterfly shaped, white, flag petal obovate, wing petal rectangular, keel smaller than wing petal; stamen 10, 2-body; ovary Linear, densely sericeous. Pods usually 3-node, 8-13 mm long. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruit period is from September to October.

He was born in the wilderness beside the forest and in the forest. It is distributed in Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, etc.

[collection] harvest in summer. Dry or fresh.

[nature and taste] Nanning medical records: "bitter, flat. "

[Guijing] records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the lung and spleen meridians. "

[function and indications] 1. In the medical records of Nanning City, it is said that "it can disperse blood stasis and detumescence, remove dampness and stagnate wind heat. It is used to treat traumatic brain injury, breast sores, hemoptysis, hemogonorrhea, infantile chancre, locked throat within a month, toothache and head sores. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treat malnutrition, chronic obstructive jaundice. "

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

[selection] treatment of rheumatism and bone pain: four liang of Rhizoma Polygoni multiflori and one jin of wine. Five to one or two yuan each, and rub the pain. (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Mao Pai Qian Cao