Xiaoerxiancao

Xiaoerxiancao

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] Douban grass, nuerhongcao, shashengcao (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records), shuidouban, Douban vegetable (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of the family Narcissus.

[plant morphology] xiaoerxiancao

Perennial delicate herbs, tufted, 20-40 cm high. Stem tetragonal, reddish brown, erect, base stolonized. The leaves are usually ovate or round, 6-10 mm long and 4-8 mm wide, apex short pointed or obtuse, margin denticulate, base round, both sides bare, light green or purple brown. Panicle terminal, composed of fine racemes; florets bisexual; calyx tube angulate, lobes 4, triangular, persistent; petals 4, red; stamens 8, medicine purplish red; pistil 1, ovary inferior, longitudinally angulate, style 4, stigma densely with reddish hairs. Drupe subglobose, ca. 1 mm long, glabrous and bright, 8-ribbed. The flowering period is summer and moon.

Born on barren mountains and sandy land. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Taiwan, etc.

[collection] harvest at flowering and dry in the sun.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and smooth.

① "Sichuan Zhi Liang, non toxic. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is pungent and astringent. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat, defecating, promoting blood circulation and detoxifying. It can be used to treat two kinds of diseases, such as constipation, dysmenorrhea, contusion, injury and scald.

① Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "eliminate blood stasis. It is used to treat dysentery, dysentery, heat drenching, traumatic injury, irregular menstruation, cough and asthma. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing heat, detoxifying, dehumidification, detumescence. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 4-6 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. To treat red and white dysentery: two liang of fresh xiaoerxiancao and two liang of brown and white sugar. Take it by frying. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

② Treatment of blood avalanche: Xiaoer Xiancao, Jinyingzi, Jingrou. Stewed clothes. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

③ Treatment of women's dry disease: watercress, stone jujube, stone orange, stone pepper. Stewed pork. If the menstruation has passed after taking, motherwort can be added and Folium repens can be taken. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

④ Eliminate edema: watercress one or two, cut fine, brown sugar five money. Steam. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of scald: appropriate amount of watercress, grind powder, add a little ice tablet, and apply sesame oil to the affected area

Chinese PinYin : Xiao Er Xian Cao