Heartless vegetables

Heartless vegetables

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[synonyms] queerdan, jichangzicao (Chinese herbal medicine of Shaanxi Province), e-bu-shi-cao, Lu Yao (medicine and plant catalogue of Guizhou Province), linglingcao, Daye mizhuangcao (medicine records of Hunan Province).

[source] the whole plant of Dianthus family.

[plant morphology] fleas

Herbs annual or biennial, 10-30 cm high, all pubescent. The root has slender main root and lateral root. Stems numerous, clustered, slightly scattered, densely white pubescent, internodes 1-3 cm long. Leaves opposite, ovate, sessile, 4-7 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, apex acute or acute, ciliate, sparsely pilose on both sides. Cyme, sparsely branched; bracts and bracteoles, leafy, ovate, densely pilose; pedicels slender, 6-8 mm long, sometimes up to 1 cm, densely pilose or glandular: sepals 5, lanceolate, 3-4 mm long, 3-veined, pubescent; petals 5, obovate, white, entire; stamens 10, shorter than calyx; ovary ovate, style 3. Capsule slightly longer than calyx, ovate, 6-valved at maturity. Seeds reniform, brown.

They are found in roadside wasteland or field, or scattered on arid hillside. It is distributed from northeast to South China through the Yellow River and Yangtze River Basin.

[collection] collect the whole grass in summer and autumn, wash and dry in the shade.

Bitter and cool.

① "Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine": "it is mild in taste and flat in nature. "

② "Hunan medicine records": "bitter, cool, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. It is used to treat eye redness, cough and gingivitis.

① "Clearing heat and improving eyesight" in Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine. Treatment of acute conjunctivitis, wheat swelling, sore throat. "

② "Treating gingivitis" in Guizhou medicine and plant catalogue. "

③ "Hunan medicine annals": "clearing away heat and toxin, relieving cough and diuresis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping or nasal packing.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat tuberculosis and cough: xiaowuxincai is five to one or two yuan, fried in water. (Hunan medical records)

② Treatment of eye health Star Yi: small heartless vegetables plus leek root mashed, stuffy nostrils. (Hunan medical records)

Chinese PinYin : Xiao Wu Xin Cai