Da Mi Hua

Da Mi Hua

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] malanghua, baihuateng (Guizhou folk medicine), xiaoyuanbao (Guangxi medicine plant directory).

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

[plant morphology] Pterocarpus

Perennial twining herbs or vines, pilose or nearly smooth. Leaves alternate, ovate, 4-8 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, apex acute or long pointed, base cordate, entire; petiole 2-4.5 cm long. Raceme with forked branches; bracts inserted at branches heart-shaped, sessile, bracts at the base of petiole linear; calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear lanceolate, pilose; corolla white, ca. 1 cm long, 5-lobed, lobes deep into the middle; stamens 5, irregularly arranged in tube, 2 higher, 2 lower, and 1 middle; style linear, stigma elliptic, 2-lobed. Fruit smooth, with persistent sepals elliptic spatulate. The flowering period is September.

It is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and southwest China.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

Warm in nature and pungent in taste.

Functions and indications: breaking blood, promoting Qi, reducing swelling and toxin.

[selection] ① treatment of unknown swelling toxin: one or two roots of Flos oryzae. Wash the affected area with boiling water.

② Treatment of tuberculosis pain: play rice flower root one or two. Wine making clothes.

③ Cure high fever: beat rice flower whole grass one or two. Take it in boiling water. (the following is Guizhou folk medicine)