Goblin grass

Goblin grass

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonym] jingucai (Emei medicinal plant), danbeiye, qinggucao, jinzhancai (Kunming medicinal plant investigation report), cramping grass, chendancao, dianfanlv (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass of Caryophyllaceae.

[plant morphology] lithophytic Stellaria

Perennial herbs, 60-90 cm high. Stem cylindrical, prostrate, hollow, covered with short Tricholoma (viewed under a magnifying glass). Single leaf opposite; lanceolate, about 2.5 cm long, about 1.2 cm wide, apex acute, base rounded, entire, both sides covered with dense and short trichomes; sessile, axils with buds. Cymes, axillary; sepals 5, base united; petals 6, shorter than sepals, apex 2-lobed to base; stamens 10; styles 3 or 4. Capsule and persistent calyx subequal. The seeds are numerous.

It is distributed in the Yellow River, Yangtze River and Pearl River basins.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, wash, cut into sections, dry or fresh.

[processing] materia medica of Southern Yunnan: "it's used for roasting. "

[nature and taste] 1. In the south of Yunnan Materia Medica, it is spicy and poisonous. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "spicy, cool, with little poison. "

[function indications] clearing the liver and calming the wind. Treatment of liver wind head Pu, stroke speechless, mouth and eye deviation, infantile convulsion.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "treat head wind, eye injury, stroke, mouth and eye deviation, typhoid fever. "

② Emei medicine plant: "treat swelling and pain of muscles and bones. "

③ "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "Qinggan Xifeng, Jiegu. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 yuan; or grinding powder. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. To treat infantile febrile convulsion: Herba Polygoni Multiflori, cowpea, five leaf clover and piper. Take it in boiling water. (Yunnan)

② Treatment of liver wind, headache, stroke, wind heat: cramps, grass three money, water decoction. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of spleen deficiency and edema: three to five coins of sheet grass, fried in water or boiled in small intestine. (common folk herbs in Kunming)

④ Treatment of high blood pressure: single grass with orchid ginseng, mountain melon, shepherd's purse, water decoction. (common folk herbs in Kunming)

⑤ Treatment of fractures: fresh cramps, mashed grass, wine package affected area. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)