Great hardship

Great hardship

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonyms] spiral eggplant, bailianjin (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), bitter cold dish (Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection), Pali (Dai name).

[source] it is the whole plant of Solanaceae.

[plant morphology] Helianthus annuus

Subshrub. Stem erect, green, round, twigs slightly angular, with white lenticels. Single leaf alternate, sometimes two leaves opposite to the same side of the branch, elliptic, 5-18 cm long, 2.5-8 cm wide, apex short pointed, entire, base gradually narrowed, extending into petiole, petiole 0.5-1 cm long. Cymes on stems, sometimes opposite leaves; flowers white. Petiole ca. 1 cm, calyx ca. 2.5 mm, 5-lobed, corolla short, lobes 5, long ovate lanceolate; stamens 5; ovary 2-locular. Berry globose, 3-4 mm, yellow at maturity.

Born in the village, roadside, valley. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, cut into sections and dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] roots are rich in alkaloids. There are glucosides and alkaloids in root bark and xylem.

[nature and taste] "selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Yunnan Simao": "bitter, cold. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of Guangxi Medicinal Plants: "root: diuretic; leaf: antitussive. "

② "Selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine": clearing away heat and toxin, promoting diuresis and strengthening stomach. It is used to treat heat turbid diarrhea, red dysentery, painful urination, malaria, cold, fever, sore throat, swelling and poison. "

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

[selection] treatment of cystitis: take it with bitter taste and decoction of Plantago asiatica. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)