Ajuga tetrandra

Ajuga tetrandra

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] jingulian (herbal formula), jianyujingu grass, jianyugrass, shujinjianyu grass (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals), quadrangular grass (Guangxi plant list).

[source] it is the whole plant of Ajuga tetrandra.

[plant morphology] Ajuga tetrandra, also known as Ajuga.

Herbs perennial, up to 1 m tall. Stem tetragonal, with nodes showing bundles, membranous wings at four corners, many branches, glabrous. Leaves opposite; ovate or ovate lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm long, 4-30 mm wide, apex pointed, base broadly cuneate or rounded, lower leaves more than 3-lobed, lateral lobes ovate, middle lobes slightly longer, ovate lanceolate; upper leaves gradually smaller, lateral lobes coarsely dentate; both sides densely hairy; petiole 2-12 mm long, hairy. Flowers solitary, leaf axils, lavender; pedicel about 8 mm long, apex with 2-bract, hairy; calyx campanulate, hairy outside, apex 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, long pointed; corolla hairy outside, tube slender, apex lip shaped, upper lip 2-lobed, lobes round, lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe slightly elliptic, lateral lobe smaller; stamens 4, protruding out of corolla, upper pair slightly short, filaments hairy at lower end; Ovary 4-lobed, hairy, style apex 2-lobed. It blooms in early summer.

It grows in the mountain and wet area, and is cultivated occasionally. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan and other places.

[collection] harvest in May.

[medicinal material] dried whole grass, 30-40 cm long. The roots are brownish red and short. The stem is tetragonal, with protruding edges, 3-4cm long nodes, obvious scab, withered green or green brown surface, soft and brittle, easy to break, white pith, and loose bubble like Cordyceps. Many leaves fall off. Qi is weak.

Produced in Sichuan, Guangxi and other places.

Hard work, warm.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "Xin, Wen. "

② "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "the nature is flat, slightly bitter and sweet, with little poison. "

[Guijing] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the liver and kidney meridians. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, dredge collaterals, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. Treatment of rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of limbs, traumatic injury, amenorrhea.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "in addition to injury, eliminate blood stasis. It is used to cure rheumatism and pain of muscles, waist and knee, and distension and suffocation of chest and flank. "

② "It can remove rheumatism, promote blood circulation and activate collaterals. It is used to treat rheumatism, aching muscles and bones, lumbago, swelling and pain of falling and damaged joints, numbness of limbs. "

③ "The list of Guangxi plants": "promoting blood circulation and dredging meridians. Treat amenorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; grind powder or soak wine. External use: tamping.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[prescription selection] ① for rheumatic arthritis: two pairs of four Leng Jingu herbs, soaked in wine. Rheumatism serious to fall into bed paralysis, the body is very sleep weak, with a jin of boiling water stewed chicken clothes. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

② For the treatment of tendon and bone pain: five bucks for tendon and bone grass, four bucks for xiaoxueteng and shujincao, three bucks for tudanggui, shizaozi, bailongxu and Niuxi, and two catties for brewing wine. Take it once in the morning and one or two at a time. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of rheumatism: one or two Jingu grass, ginger five money, pound velvet, add wine fried hot package affected area. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Si Leng Jin Gu Cao