Delphinium

Delphinium

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

[synonyms] xiaocaowu (a textual research on the name of plant), maoyanhua (Chinese Herbal Medicine Bulletin (3) 6:2511957), jizhaolian (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine), Baibu (Chinese higher plant Atlas), feiyancao (plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual), Pigeon Flower (northeast commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual), parrot grass (Gansu Chinese herbal medicine manual), yuzhusewa (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Delphinium (Ranunculaceae).

[plant morphology] delphinium, also known as Delphinium grandiflorum.

Perennial herbs, 35-65 cm high. Stems sparsely branched. The leaves are round, oblong, 2.2-6 cm long, 4-8 cm wide, 3-lobed, lobes finely lobed, lobules strip-shaped, 0.6-2.5 mm wide. Raceme with 3-15 flowers, axis and pedicel with retroflexed pubescence; flowers symmetrical; bracteoles strip-shaped or subulate; sepals 5, petaloid, blue or purplish blue, 1.5-1.8 cm long, upper 1 with spur, apex often concave; petals 2, smaller, with spur, spur protruding into calyx spur; staminodes 2, petals broadly obovate, slightly concave, with yellow beard; stamens numerous; carpels 3 , leaving life. Follicles 3 aggregated. The flowering period is from August to September. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows on hillside, grassland and fixed dune. Distributed in Yunnan, Shanxi, Hebei, Ningxia, Sichuan, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang, Tibet and other places.

[collection] harvest from July to August, rinse, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the aerial part contains alkaloid methylbopontine.

[nature and taste] Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China: "bitter, cold, poisonous. "

[functions and indications] ① Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China: "purging fire, relieving pain, killing insects. "

② "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": "antibacterial dehumidification, insecticidal treatment of tinea. "

[usage and dosage] for external use: gargle with boiling water, soak with mashed juice, or rub with ground water.

Don't take it orally.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat toothache caused by wind heat: five cents to one dollar for Delphinium. Don't swallow it. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

② Treatment of scabies: Delphinium with Sophora flavescens grind the end of the tune rub. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

③ Treatment of head lice: fresh chicken feet with whole grass, mashed, soaked and washed. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)