Cunjie seven

Cunjie seven

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] dahuatou grass.

[source] it is the whole plant of Viola macrophylla.

[plant morphology] Viola macrophylla

Herbs perennial, ca. 30 cm tall. The rhizome is transverse and thick. Leaves basal, long petiolate, ovate cordate or broadly ovate cordate, 3-12 cm long and 3-10 cm wide, margin obtuse serrate; stipules free from petiole, lanceolate. Inflorescence axillary, with 1 flower and 2 rare flowers; pedicel thin and weak, 4-6 cm long; Flowers Lavender; sometimes closed flowers; sepals 5, persistent; petals 5, unequal in size, the lowest often large and spaced; stamens 5, anthers ring around pistils; ovary superior, 1-locular, ovules many. Capsule oblong, about 1 cm long, smooth, curved outward at maturity, 3-valved, ejaculating seeds.

Under the forest. It is distributed in Northeast and Shaanxi.

[collection] harvest in late summer, wash, dry in the shade or fresh.

[flavor] bitter and pungent, cool.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, stopping bleeding. It's used for treatment of tuberculosis, tuberculous abscess, poisonous furuncle, hemorrhage.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan. External use: tamping.