Setaria grandiflora

Setaria grandiflora

(Jiangxi herbal medicine)

[synonym] oryzae (Gramineae flora of East China) and gouwei (Jiangxi herbal medicine).

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

[plant morphology] Setaria grandis

Annual herbs. Stem erect, 50-120 cm high. The leaves are linear lanceolate, 10-40 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous or with bristles on them; the edge of leaf sheath often has fine cilia; the ligule degenerates into very short cilia, the panicle is cylindrical, drooping, 5-15 cm long, and the main axis has pilose; the spikelet is elliptic, about 3 mm long; the setae are usually green, 5-15 mm long; the first glume is broadly ovate, apex pointed, with 3 veins; the second glume has 5 veins, with 3 veins At maturity, the dorsal apex of the second flower (grain) is slightly exposed and very curved, and the degenerated branchlets (awn hairs) are very divergent from the inflorescence axis. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to October.

Born in the wilderness and hillside. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested in spring, summer and autumn. Fresh or sun dried.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and sweet in taste.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, relieving malnutrition, killing insects and relieving itching.

[selection] 1. Infantile malnutrition: three to seven pennies of Setaria macrocephala and two liang of pig liver. Stew in water, take soup and eat liver.

② Rubella: big Setaria spike 7 money. Fried in water, a little sweet wine.

③ Toothache: one or two roots of Bermuda. Decoct the dregs in water, add two eggs and cook them well. Take the soup and eat the eggs. (the following is Jiangxi herbal medicine)