Aster alba

White ground

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] fire grass, cattle ear fire grass (commonly used folk herbs in Kunming), Bai Ye Bu fan, Xiao Yi Jian, and Yunnan herbal medicine selection.

[source] it is the root of Eupatorium uncinatum.

[plant morphology] Eupatorium uncinatum

Perennial herbs, 15-30 cm high. The roots are slender, bearded and numerous. Leaves basal, elliptic ovate to long elliptic lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, base truncated, decurrent, margin microwavy, green on top and densely covered with gray woolly on bottom; petiole 2-6 cm long. The stem is drawn from the base. Inflorescence solitary at the top; involucral bracts imbricate, multiline, outer bracts subulate, gradually lanceolate inward, hairy; flowers white to pink, then reddish purple, ligulate female, tubular flowers bisexual, apex 5-toothed, slightly 2-lipped. Achene beaked, crown bristly. The flowering period is from February to April.

It grows on hillside, forest edge and grass.

[collection] in autumn and winter. Wash and dry.

[flavor] pungent, slightly bitter, flat.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, regulating qi and resolving phlegm, accumulating and killing insects. For dysentery, stomachache, cold, cough, asthma, phlegm, dyspepsia, Ascaris, tonsillitis, external use can stop bleeding.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction. 5-1 Liang. External use: grind and sprinkle.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it. (the nature and taste are listed in the selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Bai Di Zi Wan