Cup amaranth

Cup amaranth

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Hainan Island)

[synonym] fear of seeing snake (flora of Hainan), mirror and grass, snake panic, snake general manager, pull bullet grass (manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine on Hainan Island).

[source] it is the whole plant of Amaranthaceae.

[plant morphology] amaranth

Perennial plants, up to 50 cm high. Stem often four Ling, pilose, base often creeping. Leaves opposite, elliptic or obovate rhombic, 2-5 cm long, apex obtuse or acute, base cuneate, both sides covered with pubescence. Inflorescence terminal or axillary; inflorescence sparsely, involucre 1, inserted at the base of the inflorescence, ovate; flowers small, without pedicel; bracteoles 2, broad ovate; sepals 5, long ovate, 2-2.5 mm long, veined 3, outside densely villous; stamens 5, base connate; sterile stamens short ligulate, apex obtuse or two lobed; calyx and bracts of sterile flowers metamorphosed into hook shaped awns. Utricle not dehiscent. The flowering period is from September to November.

In hillside forest, river or valley shade. It is distributed all over South China.

[collection] all year round. Dry or fresh.

[nature and taste] Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Hainan Island: "bitter and astringent, slightly cool. "

[functions and indications] 1. Flora of Hainan: "treat dysentery and cough. "

② "Hainan Island commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "detumescence, pain relief, bullet removal, all kinds of poisons. All kinds of snakebite, hepatosplenomegaly, bullet into the meat. "

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