Little thrush

Little thrush

(Ningxia Chinese herbal medicine manual)

[synonym] mosquito grass (Gramineae) and star grass (Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Ningxia).

[source] it is the whole grass of gramineous plant thrush grass.

[plant morphology] thrush grass

Annual herb, 20-40 cm high. Stem erect or oblique, slender. The leaf is linear, flat, 5-15 cm long, 2.5-5 mm wide, rough on the top, glandular on the main vein and margin below; the leaf sheath also has glandular spots, especially on the main vein, with sparse villi between veins and margin except the sheath mouth with hairs; the leaf tongue is a ring of cilia. Panicles spreading, branches solitary; spikelets linear oblong, dark green or light green, containing 4 to many florets, spikelet stalk glandular; glumes acute, nearly equal or first glume slightly shorter; lemma broadly ovoid, apex obtuse, palea slightly shorter than lemma, persistent. Caryopsis subglobose. The flowering period is from June to July.

Born in barren fields, grasslands and roadsides. Distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places.

[collection] collection in summer. Fresh or sun dried.

[nature and taste] Ningxia Chinese herbal medicine manual: "light, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, dispersing wind and diuresis. Treatment of keratitis, conjunctivitis, urinary tract infection, pustules.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or grinding powder. External use: decoct and wash

[selected formula] 1. For the treatment of cloudiness, inflammation of cornea or conjunctiva: one or two small thrushes. Decoct and wash.

② Treatment of urinary tract infection: small thrush grass, sunflower stem heart each one or two. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of uterine bleeding: two small thrush grass, research fine powder. Five for each, three times a day.

④ Cure defecation dry knot, urinate disadvantageous: fresh small thrush grass 42. Take it in water. (1) the manual of Chinese herbal medicine in Ningxia is published below.)

⑤ Treatment of impetigo: star grass inflorescence, fried black storage, research fine, sesame oil to rub the affected area. Once a day for three to five times. (selected works of the whole exhibition: Dermatology)

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