Lichen Chrysomelidae

Lichen Chrysomelidae

(Chinese medicine and plant records)

[synonym] single root grass (Chinese medicinal plant records), small pine and cypress, rock grass, eye pill, yikouxue (Guizhou herbal medicine), dwarf pine, wannianshan (Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

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

[plant morphology] chrysomum giganteum

Herbaceous, 10-30 cm high, tufted. Stem erect, single, often twisted, lower dense pseudoroots, upper dark green, brown red or black brown when old. The upper leaves are larger, with long ovate sheath, the leaves are suddenly narrow, long lanceolate, the tip is curly, the edge has dense sharp teeth, the middle rib is strong, protruding into spines; the front of the back has micro teeth in the center, and the ventral surface has many pectins. Dioecious; the male plant is slightly short, with male organ at the top, like a flower bud, and often continues to grow and cut branches in the middle of the male organ; the female plant is tall, with terminal capsule; the capsule stalk is strong, 10 cm long, brownish red; the capsule is erect at the beginning, flat or vertical at maturity, brownish red, short square at four edges; the capsule cap covers the whole capsule, with brownish yellow hair; the capsule cap is flat, with short beak; the receptacle is discoid; the capsule teeth are monolayer . Spores in small, round, yellow, smooth.

It is distributed in the north and south of China.

[collection] collection after summer and autumn rain.

[chemical constituents] it contains saponins, lipids and pigments.

[nature and taste] ① Guizhou herbal medicine: "sweet, cold. "

② "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "light, flat. "

[function indications] nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency. Treatment of lung disease, cough, vomiting, night sweats.

① Guizhou herbal medicine: "Nourishing Yin, restraining sweat, relieving cough, stopping bleeding. "

② Common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "tonifying spleen, stopping bleeding, moistening intestines. Treatment of leakage, internal imitation cough, uterine prolapse, hematemesis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or stewed meat. External use: grind and apply.

[Komatsu] two yuan for the small pine and cypress, the money for Phellodendron chinense, two yuan for the tree bark, two for Wutong bark, two for the Caulis Caulis, and two for the five leather. Take it in boiling water.

② Treatment of tuberculosis and hematemesis: one or two small pines and cypresses. Mash, boil water and sugar.

③ Eye treatment pill (that is, the lower eyelid from the mark, a day can cover all the eyes): small pine and cypress research, transfer milk applied to the affected area. (all the selected prescriptions come from Guizhou herbal medicine)