Motherwort

Motherwort

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonym] sifangcao, Viburnum parvifolium and Flos typhonii (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou Army), sifangquancao, shetongguan and qitongcao (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou Air Force).

[source] the whole plant of Scrophulariaceae.

[plant morphology] mother grass

Herbs annual, 8-20 cm high, scattered, much branched, glabrous or slightly sparsely hairy, leaves opposite, shortly stipitate; leaf blade ovate, 8-15 mm long, apex obtuse or short pointed, base broadly cuneate or rounded, with very sparse serrate. Flowers axillary, or in the upper raceme; petiole 1-3 cm long; calyx 5-lobed, green or lavender, membranous, 5-veined, lobes short pointed; corolla tube cylindric, about 8 mm long, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, purple stamen 4; ovary superior. Capsule oblong or ovate, enclosed in persistent calyx. The flowering period is July.

Born in the ditch, paddy field. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "slightly bitter, light, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying. Treatment of cold, acute and chronic bacillary dysentery, enteritis, carbuncle, furuncle and swelling.

① "Clearing heat and removing dampness" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of bacillary dysentery, enteritis, diarrhea, dyspepsia, snake bite. "

② "Common Chinese herbal medicine manual" of Guangzhou Air Force: "it can treat cold, hepatitis, nephritis, edema, carbuncle, sore and poison. "

③ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "treat Dieda, mastitis, gastric cancer. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Jianzhu, 1-3 yuan (fresh 1-2 Liang); Yanwei or Jiujiu. External use: tamping.

[selection] ① for acute diarrhea or fever: one or two herbs, five coins of gange, Portulaca oleracea and old tea, stir fried and taken. (Lushan Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of chronic bacillary dysentery: fresh motherwort two to three Liang, fresh Fengwei grass, fresh wild amaranth each one or two. Decoct in water and take it twice. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

③ Treatment of chronic nephritis: two liang of mother grass, three jin of fresh purslane, two Jin of wine. After soaking for three days, take 15 ml each time, three times a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

④ Cure furuncle: mother grass and salt a little (ulcer add sugar a little), mash apply affected area. (Lushan Chinese herbal medicine)

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