Gentiana grandiflora

Gentiana grandiflora

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[source] it's the whole plant of the Compositae plant.

[plant morphology] macrocephala grandiflora

Annual herb, 20-30 cm high. Stem with longitudinal stripes. Leaves alternate, leaf blade long obovate, irregular pinnate muddy crack, lobes margin with small teeth. The inflorescence is terminal, arranged in an open corymb; the involucre is bell shaped, the bracts are linear lanceolate, and there are several linear bracts at the base; the flowers are mostly tubular, yellow, and the apex is 5-lobed. Achenes short, cylindric, longitudinally ribbed, with numerous COROLLAE. The flowering period is spring and summer.

Born on the side of the village. It is distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "Gan, Ping. "

[function indications] Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. It is used to treat children's aphthous ulcer. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamping or rubbing.