Saussurea crassifolia

Saussurea crassifolia

(Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Sasuki (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of Phyllanthus scabra.

[plant morphology] Perilla frutescens

Perennial herbs, 80-100 cm high. The root is long, reddish brown, conic or fusiform. Stem erect, quadrangular. Single leaf opposite, broad ovoid, 5-10 cm long, 4-8 cm wide, apex short pointed, base heart-shaped, margin coarsely serrated, both sides coarsely hairy or stellate hairy; petiole 2-6 cm long. Cymose; bracts lanceolate, salty narrow lanceolate; calyx tube ca. 1 cm long, apex with 5 spiny teeth; corolla white or pink, 2-lipped, longer than calyx tube, throat densely covered with most white hairs or stellate hairs, upper lip 2-lobed, arched, lower lip 3-lobed, outside densely hairy; stamens 4; style simple, stigma 2-lobed. Nutlets ovoid. The flowering period is July. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in mountain forest, forest edge shrub, river bank and valley. Distribution in Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] collect and dig in spring and autumn, remove the soil and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] this product contains flavonoid glycosides, amino acids, steroids, volatile oil and sugars. The oil content of seeds was 20.34%.

It is astringent and smooth.

[function indications] clearing away heat and swelling. It can cure sore, carbuncle, swelling and poison.

[selected formula] treatment of unknown swelling toxin: three stacks of crude Su, Decoction in water. (the following is the Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

Clinical application

2-2.4 g each time, 3 times a day, children's discretion; or made into granules, 2 times a day, 7.5 g each time. Results the main symptoms of 75 cases (fever, headache, sore body, stuffy nose, sore throat) disappeared or improved within 48 hours. Generally, the symptoms gradually relieved within 4-8 hours after taking the medicine, and could be cured within 2-3 days. But for severe patients whose body temperature is above 38.5 ℃, the antipyretic effect is poor. It is considered that this product has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification. If it is combined with hongganlian (Hunan Forsythia), the curative effect can be improved.