Half side sou

Half side sou

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] wild fish fragrance, wild perilla, fire flax (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Elsholtzia splendens.

[plant morphology] Elsholtzia splendens

Perennial herbs. Stem erect, square, 30-100 cm high, lower part sparsely white pilose, upper part densely white pilose. Leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong or lanceolate, 4-6 cm long and 1.8-2 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, both sides decurrent, margin obtuse, upper veins with fine pubescence and lower veins with white pubescence. Spicate cymes axillary and terminal; bracts scaly, glabrescent; calyx campanulate, nearly equal 5-toothed; corolla lavender, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, apex slightly concave, lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 4, 2 of them prominent; style short. Nutlets ovate, smooth. Flowering in summer and autumn.

Born in the wild grass slope. It is distributed in most areas of China.

This product is used as Elsholtzia in Sichuan, Shandong and other areas. Please refer to "Elsholtzia".

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains volatile oil, and the main components are elsholtzone, α - pinene, cineole, p-cymene, isovaleric acid, isobutyl isovalerate, acetic acid, α -, β - bleutene, octanol-3, octen-1-ol-3, linalool, camphor, geraniol, hexanoic acid, isohexanoic acid, etc.

The seed contains 38% fatty oil, including oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid.

[nature and taste] Guizhou folk medicine: "warm in nature, pungent and slightly bitter in taste. "

[function indications] Guizhou folk medicine: "expelling wind and sweating. It can cure paralysis, tuberculosis, hematemesis, cold, moon disease and sore poison. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang. External use: mash and apply.

[selection] 1. Treatment of paralysis: smash the joint part of the bag with banbiansu.

③ Treatment of cold, chills, headache: half Su four money, Angelica dahurica, Chuanxiong each three money. Take it in boiling water.

③ Treatment of tuberculosis and hematemesis: half Su one or two. Take it in boiling water.

④ Cure sore poison: half side Su pound velvet bag affected area. (1) Guizhou folk medicine is published below the prescription.)

⑤ Treatment of Yuejia disease: banbiansu, niushepian, motherwort, capsicum five money each, fried water service. Guizhou herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Ban Bian Su