Androsace

Androsace

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] gadimubu (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the whole grass of Primulaceae plant diandimei.

[plant morphology] diandimei

It is a short perennial herb with white pubescence. The roots are slender with few branches. Leaves clustered at base; leaf blade elliptic or oblanceolate, apex obtuse or obtuse, base attenuate, entire, upper green, lower pink green. Umbelliform inflorescence at the top of stem; stem from the base, slender, 10-15 cm long, green or purplish red; flowers small, pink.

It grows on hillside grassland. Distributed in Tibet and other places.

[collection] harvest from June to July.

Bitter, cold.

[function indications] diuresis. Treatment of thermal edema.

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