Ageratum conyzoides

Ageratum conyzoides

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonym] xianxiahua, maolongcao (flora of Guangzhou), baihuacao, xianxiacao, luyuxiang (Fujian folk herbal medicine), maoshicao (Guangdong herbal medicine II), pupaocao (Guizhou Botanical investigation), baimaoku, maoshexiang (Guangxi Folk Herbal Medicine), baihualoucao (Guangzhou army Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine), green cohosh (Guizhou herbal medicine), shenghongyao The results showed that there were three kinds of herbs in Yunnan, namely, guangma herb, Shuiding herb, fisheye herb, youtieguo herb (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), Xiaoyan herb, Chou herb (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection), zihuamao herb (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Ageratum japonicum.

[plant morphology] ageratum japonicum

Annual herb, coarsely hairy, with special odor, 30-60 cm high. Stem erect, many branched, green, slightly purple, leaves ovate, opposite, upper alternate, 5-13 cm long, base obtuse or rounded, rarely heart-shaped, margin obtuse teeth. Inflorescence small, rarely up to 6 mm in diameter, dense, terminal corymb; involucre oblong, pointed, back with sparse hairs; florets blue or white, all tubular, apex 5-lobed. Achenes black, with awned scalelike hairs. It blooms in summer.

Wild in wasteland. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, remove roots and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] it contains flavonoid glycosides, amino acids, organic acids and volatile oil. Terpenoids, β - sitosterol, stigmasterol, potassium chloride.

It's hard, it's smooth.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "bitter, pungent, warm. "

② "Investigation of plant medicine in Guizhou Province": "pungent, slightly bitter, flat. "

③ "Slightly bitter, cool" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

[Guijing] Quanzhou materia medica: "entering lung and pericardium.". "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, promoting diuresis and detumescence. Treatment of cold, fever, sore throat, carbuncle, wound bleeding.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "eliminate carbuncle, remove blood stasis, detoxify and kill insects. It can cure fish poisoning, muscle and bone sprain, swelling and pain, and throat moth. "

② "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "clearing away heat and toxin, benefiting throat, is a special medicine for laryngology. Treatment of all throat syndrome, carbuncle swelling poison. "

③ "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine" II: "treatment of uterine prolapse, uterine tumor. "

④ Guangzhou army "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual", "treatment of cold, fever, traumatic bleeding, sores, eczema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang (fresh 1-2 Liang); or mashed juice. External use: tamping or grinding, blowing throat.

[selection] 1. Treatment of laryngosis (including diphtheria): one to two pairs of fresh leaves of Ageratum conyzoides. Wash and wring the juice. Take rock sugar three times a day. Or take fresh leaves to dry in the sun, grind them into powder, and make chuihaosan. (Quanzhou materia medica)

② Treatment of carbuncle, swelling and poison: wash the whole herb of Ageratum conyzoides, mash it with sour rice grains and salt, and apply it to the affected area. (Quanzhou materia medica)

③ Cure fish mouth and stool poison: win red thistle fresh leaf four Liang, tea cake five money. Mash and warm compress. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of tendon injury, bone torsion, swelling and pain: the stem is better than the red thistle. Hold the whole grass and burn it in the fire. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of cold and fever: baihuacao 22. Take it in water.

⑥ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: appropriate amount of baihuacao, mashed, applied to the affected area.

⑦ Treatment of sores and boils into pus not ulceration: white flower grass, a little sugar. Tamp the affected area. (5) Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine is listed below.)

⑧ Treatment of metrorrhagia, thrush, sores, swelling: win red thistle three to five money. Take it in water. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

⑨ For malaria and cold: five to one or two yuan for guangma grass. Take it in water, twice a day. (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine)

⑩ Treatment of rheumatism, pain, fracture (after reduction and fixation): fresh broad horse grass mashed applied to the affected area. (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Sheng Hong Ji