Ziyan grass

Ziyan grass

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the whole plant of Delphinium grandiflorum.

[plant morphology] delphinium

Herbs perennial, ca. 40 cm tall, all short hairy. Stem erect, slender cylindrical, smooth, purple. The stem is much branched from the base, often more than 15 branches. Single leaf alternate, lower part early off, lanceolate, 1.5-3.5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, margin serrate. Flowers solitary, axillary, terminal raceme; calyx 5-lobed; corolla symmetrical, 2-lipped, upper lip divided to base, 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed; stamen 5; ovary inferior, 2-locular. Capsule, calyx persistent, apically divided into 2 petals.

Born on the edge of sunny field or beach. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[flavor] slightly bitter, flat.

[function indications] hemostasis and bone grafting. For knife wounds, fractures.

[usage and dosage] external use: yanmosa.

Chinese PinYin : Zi Yan Cao