Beautiful Lespedeza

Beautiful Lespedeza

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonyms] sanmeimu, pseudolangen, suilanben, shanniumu (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), Yeguanmen, jidizhi, sanbigen (Guangxi herbal medicine list), hongbusha, Mazu grass, mawuchai, Yanggu grass (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Lespedeza formosa.

[plant morphology] beautiful Lespedeza, also known as horse broom, horse broom.

Erect shrub, 1-2m high. Young branches hairy. Compound leaves have 3 leaflets, ovate, ovate elliptic or elliptic lanceolate, 1.5-9 cm long and 1-5 cm wide, apex acute, obtuse or slightly concave, apical, base cuneate, below densely pubescent. Racemes axillary, solitary or several arranged in panicles, 6-15 cm long; pedicels 1-4 cm long, densely pubescent; bracteoles ovate lanceolate, narrowly rectangular or linear, about 4 mm long, pubescent; calyx teeth nearly equal to or longer than calyx tube, densely covered with yellow green short chestnut hairs, lobes ovate, acuminate or lanceolate; corolla purplish red or white, 1-1.2 cm long, long The bone petal is longer or nearly equal to the flag petal when the flower is in full bloom; the pedicel is short and hairy. Pods ovate, oblong, obovate or lanceolate, slightly oblique, 5-12 mm long, short pointed, densely covered with rust colored pubescence. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows under hillside forest or in weeds. It is distributed in North China, East China, Southwest China, Guangdong and Guangxi.

The root and flower of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest from spring to autumn.

Bitter and smooth.

[function indications] it is used to treat urination.

[formula selection] adverse effects on urination: Lespedeza formosa fresh stems and leaves one to two liang, hypericum fresh whole grass one or two, fried in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)

Chinese PinYin : Mei Li Hu Zhi Zi