Fish herb

Fish herb

(classified herbal medicine)

[synonym] Spearmint (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals), peppermint (Chongqing herbal medicine), blood coriander, dog meat, round leaf Spearmint (Guizhou medicinal plant catalogue).

[source] it is the stem, leaf or tender branch of Mentha rotundifolia.

[plant morphology] Mentha rotundifolia

Perennial herbs, up to 60-70 cm in height, sparsely covered with short hairs. Rhizomes spread underground. Stem tetrabranched, slender, erect or oblique, slightly branched. Single leaf opposite; elliptic or ovate oblong, leaf blade up to 3-10 cm long, margin serrate, both sides sparsely short hairy, base nearly heart-shaped or obtuse; sessile or nearly sessile. The inflorescence is terminal, the florets are arranged in whorls on the rachis, the order length can reach 5-10 turns meters; the calyx is 5-toothed, covered with short hairs; the Corolla is 4-lobed, white or light red; the stamens are 4, the filaments protrude from the corolla; the ovary is 4-lobed. Nutlets ovoid with smooth surface. The flowering period is July.

Wild in the mountains, but also cultivated.

The root of this plant (yuxianggen) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] collected in June.

[chemical constituents] it contains volatile oil, including l-carapace ketone, menthone, neoisomenthol, dihydro carapace alcohol, menthone and santalurpene.

The volatile oil of its variety also contains (+) - neoiso menthol and piperonone.

[nature and taste] Chongqing herbal medicine: "pungent, cool and non-toxic. "

[function indications] dispersing wind heat, detumescence and toxin. It is used to treat cold, stomachache, epistaxis, red eyes, sore and furuncle.

① Classification of herbal medicine: "to wind, eyesight, phlegm, Qingqi. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "invigorate the stomach and stop vomiting. It can be used to treat stomach qi pain and external application can cause chapped feet. "

③ "Guizhou medicine and plant catalogue": "expelling wind, dissipating heat, hemostasis, detumescence and toxin. It can be used to treat black skin, red eyes, recurrent fever, nasal concealment, general numbness, pediatric sores, nosebleeds, colds and colds. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan (0.5-1 Liang fresh). External use: fumigating and washing with boiling water or blending with grinding powder.

[selected formula] for stomach qi pain: two liang fish herbs, one or two fennel (whole grass), half Jin fish loach string. Take it in boiling water. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Yu Xiang Cao