small horn
(Guizhou herbal medicine)
[synonym] dilaba, shugeda (Miao name).
[source] it is the whole plant of litmus chinensis.
[plant morphology] Melaleuca chinensis
Lichens. Flat on the rock, scaly, grayish green. Sporophore about 1 cm high, gray white, apex cup-shaped, margin serrate, inside flour granular, rough. Spores brown, attached to cup-shaped margin.
Born on the wet rock by the road. It is distributed in Guizhou.
[collection] harvest in summer.
[nature and taste] it is flat in nature, salty and slightly astringent in taste.
Functions and indications: stop bleeding and clear away heat. It is used to treat hemoptysis, knife wound and fire wound.
[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of hemoptysis: xiaolaba Wuqian. Simmer water clothes.
② Treatment of knife wound: small trumpet, tamp and seal the affected area.
③ Treatment of scald caused by soup fire: dry and grind the small trumpet, and apply vegetable oil to the affected area.
Chinese PinYin : Xiao La Ba
small horn