Sticky flower

Sticky flower

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonyms] leech and yellow sticky grass (Guizhou folk medicine), wild bean and niubazui (Sichuan Chinese medicine annals), leech and guoluhuang (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), wazicao (Chinese higher plant Atlas).

[source] it is the whole grass of Desmodium Boyi, a leguminous plant.

[plant morphology] Desmodium Boyi

Deciduous shrub, stem 1-2 m high, 4.5 mm in diameter, cylindrical, branchlets and petioles densely pubescent. It has three compound leaves, two stipules, about 3 mm long, in lanceolate shape; petiole 1.5-3.5 cm long, slightly concave above; top leaflet is round rhombic, 4.7-10.5 cm long, 4-8 cm wide, apex with short tip, edge undulate from above middle; leaflets on both sides are smaller; leaflets are petiolate, with stipules at the base; leaf surface is green, hairy when young, gradually falling off, leaf back gray white, Covered with close fitting pubescence. Raceme terminal or axillary, pedicel 5 mm long: bracts caducous; sepals base united, calyx tube 2.5 mm long, calyx teeth triangular, as long as calyx tube; flowers purple, 8 mm long, corolla butterfly shaped, flag petal rounded to elliptic, wing petals adnate to keel petals; stamens 10, base united; ovary linear, sparsely pubescent. Pods beaded, with about 10 nodes, easily broken, nodes nearly square, densely covered with hooked brown hairs. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruiting period is October.

Born on hillside grass or forest edge. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan and Taiwan.

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

[nature and taste] 1. Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "warm in nature, mild in taste, pungent and non-toxic. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "astringent, flat. "

[function indications] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "hemostasis, anti-inflammatory. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang. External use: grind and spread.

[formula selection] 1. Treatment of persistent cytoplasmic membrane: Wild bean, yellow solid leaf, calcined lotus. Take it in water.

② Red bean stew for treating tuberculosis.

③ Treatment of wind heat and fire eye: Wild bean, muhuanglian, Hanshuishi, chrysanthemum, cassia seed, winter mulberry leaf, yemingsha. Take it in water. Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine (1)

④ Treatment of internal bleeding: leech fruit five to ten, decoction. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Burn treatment: the whole plant of leech is ground and spread on the affected area. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Zhan Ren Hua