Overlord whip

Overlord whip

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonyms] Jingang pestle, lengshuijindan (Diannan materia medica), Jingang Zuan (danfang materia medica), cijingang (common folk herbs in Kunming).

[source] it is the white milk in the stems, leaves or stems of the family tyrannosa.

[plant morphology] Rhizoma tyrannosae

Succulent perennial shrub, up to 3 m high, with milky sap. The stem base is nearly cylindrical, the upper part is quadrangular or pentagonal; the branchlets have 3-5 longitudinal edges, and the edge is wavy. Leaves oblanceolate, fleshy, 10-12 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, entire, glabrous on both sides; petiole about 6 mm long, 1 pair of spines at base. The cup-shaped inflorescences are terminal or lateral, with short stalks, arranged in umbels, and yellow flowers. Capsule subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diameter. The flowering period is spring and summer.

It is also cultivated. It is distributed in Yunnan.

[collection] available at any time.

[chemical constituents] the stem and milk contain triterpenoids such as cypritol, myrcenol, Euphorbia, cycloeucalyptol. The flower contains acid. The whole plant also contains: Euphorbia alcohol, 2,3-dimethoxy-gallic acid, acid, etc.

It's bitter and poisonous.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "it tastes bitter and has little poison. "

② "Great poison" in Gangmu Shiyi. "

③ "Kunming folk commonly used herbs": "slightly bitter, flat, toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat sore poison, tinea and edema.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "it is mainly used to treat abdominal distension, water vapor and hematoma. Burning ash is the last, and it is sent down with cold water. "

② "Common folk herbs in Kunming": "dispelling wind, anti inflammation, detoxification. Cure sore poison, tinea. "

[usage and dosage] external use: apply the paste on the affected area. Oral administration: calcined and preserved powder.

[taboo] common folk herbs in Kunming: "Bawangbian, the whole plant is poisonous, for external use, avoid internal use. "

[selected formula] for treating large sores, large poisons and tinea: bawangbianjiang juice, external application on the affected area. (common folk herbs in Kunming)