Green rabbit ear wind

Green rabbit ear wind

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] zoumadan (Emei medicinal plant), zibeijinniu, zibeicao (collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines), luohancao, zoumatai, tutuyerefeng, xuejincao (Sichuan chronicles of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole herb of Compositae.

[plant morphology] red vein rabbit ear wind

Herbs perennial, about 20-60 cm high. Rhizome creeping, fibrous roots more, longer. Leaves basal, usually 5-7; petiole about 3-11 cm long, with brown villi; leaves ovate long elliptic, 3-10 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, apex obtuse, entire or sparsely undulate, base heart-shaped, veins more prominent, green above, purplish red below, brown villi on both sides and margin. Heads arranged in long spikes. Involucral bracts round tubular, bracts hard, mostly imbricate; tubular flowers, bisexual, 3 or 4; corolla 5-lobed, lobes linear; stamens 5, anther base sagittate. Achenes oblanceolate, flat and longitudinally striate; with numerous white pinnate hairs. It blooms in autumn. The fruiting period is from March to April next year.

It grows on the steep wall of overhanging rock or the rock near the forest in the middle and low mountain areas. It is distributed in Sichuan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Chengdu Chinese herbal medicine: "warm in nature, pungent in taste, non-toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat wind cold, cough, head wind, rheumatism, arthralgia and traumatic injury.

① Emei medicine plant: "treating traumatic injury. "

② "The collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "detoxify, treat cough, regulate menstruation and activate blood circulation. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it can treat wind cold, cough, rheumatism, tendon and bone pain, head wind, external application of phlegm, and abortion. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat wind cold and cough: take Qingtu's ear wind and boiled water with yellow sugar. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of head pain for a long time: Qingtu earache, stewed pig brain top oral. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Qing Tu Er Feng