Gymnorrhiza gymnorrhiza

Gymnorrhiza gymnorrhiza

(selected prescriptions of Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases)

[synonym] shengchuanlian (Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases prescription selection), baibeizicao (Guangxi plant list).

[source] it is the whole plant of Crassulaceae.

[plant morphology] Kalanchoe gymnoides

Herbaceous perennial, fleshy, 30-120 cm high. Leaves opposite, spatulate oblong, 5-7 cm long, apex obtuse, entire or irregularly toothed: petiole short; upper leaves smaller, narrower, subsessile. Cyme; sepals 4, lanceolate; corolla yellow, high pedunculate, lobes 4, ovate; stamens 8, inserted at the throat of corolla tube; carpels 4. Follicles with many seeds. The flowering period is spring and summer.

Cultivated or wild near water. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan.

[collection] it can be harvested in spring, summer and autumn.

[function indications] cool and detoxify. For carbuncle, sore, swelling, eye heat, red pain, otitis media.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-1.5 yuan (fresh 3-5 yuan). External use: tamping or grinding juice ear drops.

[prescription selection] ① for carbuncle, sore and swelling: appropriate amount of fresh teaspoon leaf and Kalanchoe, mashed and applied externally.

② Treatment of otitis media: a proper amount of fresh spoon leaf kale, mashed juice ear drops. (the main indications are as follows: selected prescriptions of Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases)

Chinese PinYin : Shi Ye Ga Lan Cai