Purple green grass

Purple green grass

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] Fanhua lengshuihua, zoumatai (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), abexiu (Miao name).

[source] it is the whole plant of the Urticaceae.

[plant morphology] Coleoptera crassifolia

Herbs glabrous. Stem fleshy, 25-60 cm high. The leaf blade is ovate, broadly ovate or elliptic, 6-14 cm in length and 2-7 cm in width, apex long acuminate, base broadly cuneate or nearly round, margin densely dentate above base, Campanula sparsely, narrowly strip, 3 basal veins; petiole 1-7 cm long. Usually dioecious. Inflorescence 3 cm long, branched; florets pale green, male flowers about 1.5 mm in diameter, perianth 4, stamen 4; female perianth 3, ovate, stigma round, pen shaped. Achenes ovate, flat, smooth.

Born in the shade of the valley forest. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "the nature is flat and the taste is pungent. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of Guangxi Medicinal Plants: "dispelling wind and promoting blood circulation. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "Regulating Qi and relieving pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[selected prescription] for stomach qi pain: five yuan for zilvcao, one yuan for fennel, two yuan for Huoxiang and two yuan for Perilla. Simmer water clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Zi Lv Cao