Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan)

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

[plant morphology] white slave flower

Herbs perennial, ca. 20 cm tall. Rhizome twisted or with short aerial stem, apex with narrow ovate lanceolate scales. Leaves basal, leathery, obovate spoon shaped, 6-10 cm long, entire, reticulate veined, green above, white green below, smooth on both sides; petioles stout, reddish, base half amplexicaul. Flowers are racemose capitulum, terminal; filiform lanceolate bracteoles; pedicel slender, sparsely pubescent; calyx scaly bracteoles, 5-lobed; corolla 5-lobed, lobes obovate, entire, imbricate; stamens 5, with 5 degenerate, spatulate, hairy, stamens forming a ring at the base of corolla; ovary superior, 3-locular, style 1, stigma disk It's like this. Capsule. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit period is from July to September.

It grows in the shade of hillside and shrubbery. Distributed in Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] the whole grass was collected in summer and autumn and dried in the sun.

[flavor] pungent, flat.

[function indications] dispel cold and relieve asthma. Treatment of cold, wind, cold, cough, strain, asthma, traumatic injury.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Yan Jin Cai