Shuixiantao

Shuixiantao

(Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] key barrel (Luchuan materia medica), Tian Fu Cao and Xiang Xu Gong (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of sauropteroides or sauropteroides.

[plant morphology] 1

Subshrub herb, 0.4-1 m high, pubescent. Stem erect, slightly longitudinally ribbed, green when young and red when old. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 3-15 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base narrower; petiole short or absent. Flowers axillary, sessile or nearly absent; calyx lobes 4, ovate, 6-7 mm long, with 3 veins; petals 4, yellow, obovate, 8-10 mm long, apex obtuse or slightly concave, with 4 pairs of obvious veins; stamens 8; ovary 4-locular. Capsule cylindrical, green or lavender, 2-5 cm long, about 5 mm in diameter, hairy, 8-ribbed, sepals persistent; seeds numerous, subglobose, seed ridge distinct. The flowering period is from July to October.

Born in an open and humid place. It is distributed from southwest to east of China.

② Grass dragon

The main difference is that the plant is small, 20-60 cm high and glabrous. Flowers small, petals about 2.5 mm long. The capsule is 1.2-2 cm long and 1-2 mm in diameter.

In wetlands or paddy fields. It is distributed from the southwest to the east of China.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, fresh or dried.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan's materia medica: "cool in nature, light in taste. "

[function indications] Shufeng Liangxue. Treatment of cold, cough, sore throat, furuncle.

① "Lu Chuan's Materia Medica": "Removing Putrefaction, promoting muscle growth, reducing swelling and detoxification. Treat stomatitis, ulcers. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treat children's body heat, sores and boils. "

③ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "root: Qufeng Zhitong. For sore throat and cough. "

④ Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "treating cold and fever. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water.

Chinese PinYin : Shui Xian Tao