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(collection of common folk herbs)

[synonyms] xiazicao (collection of commonly used folk herbs), guojiangteng (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine), tongchucao (Chengdu Manual of commonly used herbal medicine treatment).

[source] it is the whole plant of the family Verbenaceae.

[plant morphology] maero arrow

Perennial creeping herbs. Branches erect, hirsute. The stem creeps on the ground and takes root when touching the ground, 15-90 cm long. Leaves opposite; nearly sessile; obovate, 1-2.5 cm long, thick, apex obtuse or rounded, margin serrate above middle, base narrowly cuneate. Spikes, axillary; flowers small and dense, inflorescence long elliptic, 1-2 cm long; peduncle very long, 2-6 cm long; calyx bell shaped, 2-lobed, very small; corolla nearly lip shaped, light red; stamens 4, concealed, 2 long, 2 short; pistils 1, 2 carpels, 2 chambers, 1 ovule per chamber. Fruit dry, less than 2 mm in diameter, enclosed in persistent calyx and divided into 2 nutlets at maturity. The flowering period is August.

Most of them grow in sand on both sides of sunny streams and riverbanks. It is distributed in Sichuan and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested once from September to October in the year of planting. After that, it can be harvested twice a year, the first in June to July and the second in September to October. After harvesting, weed is picked, washed and dried.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is flat in nature, bitter in taste and non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] ① collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines: "breaking blood stasis and generating new life". Treatment of leukorrhea, urine bleeding and hematemesis. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat cough, hematemesis, blood drenching and traumatic injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[taboo] collection of commonly used folk herbs: "pregnant women should not take it. "