Dwarf Tuo

Dwarf Tuo

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonyms] goutouqi and Yanqi (commonly used folk herbs in Kunming), jianzhongxiao and Guizhou medicine and plant catalogue).

[source] it is the tuberous root of Hedyotis diffusa.

[plant morphology] Panax notoginseng

Perennial herbs, 20-60 cm high. The root is fleshy, irregular and yellow. Stem erect, upper part branched, longitudinally angulate. Leaf base clustered, with short petiole; long ovate or nearly spatulate, different sizes, apex obtuse or apiculate, base cuneate, leaf margin undulate or pinnately lobed, dark green above, purplish red below, both sides sparsely covered with long hairs. Inflorescence arranged sparsely; involucre campanulate, bracts 1 row, narrowly lanceolate, hairy, base with several bracteoles; flowers all tubular, orange yellow. Achenes linear, small, ribbed, white, soft, with many corolla hairs, flowering in summer.

It grows in wet ditch, roadside, hillside, stone crevice and under sparse forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] in autumn, they were collected, cleaned, sliced, dried or ground for use.

[nature and taste] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "bitter, cold, with little poison. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, hemostasis, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of traumatic injury, postpartum stasis, bleeding, hematemesis, rheumatic pain, mastitis, carbuncle, furuncle.

① "Guizhou medicine plant catalog": "treat postpartum blood stasis, redness and swelling. "

② Common folk herbs in Kunming: "promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, hemostasis and detumescence. Treatment of traumatic injury, bleeding, hematemesis, amenorrhea, mastitis, carbuncle furuncle. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] for rheumatalgia, stomachache, dermatitis and eczema: zibeitiankui 2-3 Qian. Take it by frying. (selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)