Cloth dog tail

Cloth dog tail

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

[synonyms] tugouwei (Lingnan medicine collection record), changsui liweicao (civet grass), tugouwei (Lingnan herbal medicine records), maogongshu (common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou Air Force).

[source] it is the whole grass of leguminous plant, Pennisetum sibiricum.

[plant morphology] Pennisetum elongatum

Erect subshrub, 1-1.5m high. Stem much branched, pubescent. Leaves alternate, odd pinnate compound, leaflets opposite, 3-7, oblong, ovate lanceolate or elliptic, 10-14 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex slightly pointed, glabrous above, pilose below, entire. Raceme terminal, into a spike, up to 30 cm, apex curved, shaped like "dog tail"; flowers purple. Pods, slightly short hairy, with 2-4 pods.

Born in the grass of hillside and wilderness. It is distributed in Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] collected in summer, washed and dried.

[nature and taste] records of Lingnan herbal medicine: "light, cool. "

[function indications] hemostasis, antipyretic, insecticidal. For hematemesis, hematuria, filariasis, malaria.

① "Lingnan medicine collection record": "clearing away heat, relieving stagnation, treating cough, taking decoction with water. "

② Lingnan herbal medicine records: "antipyretic, insecticidal. Filariasis, malaria. "

③ Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "treatment of hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, wound bleeding, infantile malnutrition, cold. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

[selection] 1. To treat filariasis, take two pairs of cloth dog tail, fried in water and a little wine. It has been served continuously for more than ten days. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of malaria: cloth dog tail two to three Liang, boiling water and a little sugar, once a day, for several days. It is forbidden for pregnant women. (Lingnan herbal medicine)