Japan globeflower

Japan globeflower

(collection of common folk herbs)

[synonyms] Ditang, huangdumei, jinditang, huangyuyemei, mayeditang (Chinese tree taxonomy), diyuanhua (collection of commonly used folk herbs), fengtanghua, xiaotonghua, qingminghua (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records), jindanzihua (Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the flower or branch of Digitaria crassifolia.

[plant morphology] Ditang (qunfangpu)

Deciduous shrub, up to 1.5-2 m high. Branchlets green. Smooth and glabrous when old. Leaves alternate, elliptic ovate, 2-5 cm long, apex acute, base truncate or microcordate, margin doubly serrate or lobed, glabrous above, pale below, sparsely pubescent along veins; petiole 5-10 mm long; stipules subulate, caducous. Peanut is yellow at the top of lateral branch; sepals 5, lobes ovate, pointed, tube short and wide; petals golden yellow, 5, broadly elliptic, blunt; disk annular, located in calyx tube; stamens many, filaments linear, half of petals long; pistils 5, styles filiform, as long as stamens. Achene, brownish black. The flowering period is from April to May.

Most of them are planted in gardens. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Henan and other places.

[collection] flowers were collected from April to May and branches and leaves from July to August.

[chemical constituents] the flower contains wax pigment, which is a mixture of Anemone, lutein dipalmitate and lutein oleate. The leaves contain vitamin C_ 100-200 mg%. It is also said that Digang contains salidroside.

[nature and taste] 1. Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is flat in nature, astringent in taste and non-toxic. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter, smooth. "

[function indications] it is used to treat chronic cough, dyspepsia, edema, rheumatic pain and heat toxin sores.

① "Collection of commonly used folk herbs": "dispelling wind, moistening lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm. "

② "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treat chronic cough, dyspepsia; wash children urticaria. "

③ "Treatment of edema". "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat chronic cough: steamed with Ditang flower and propolis. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Zhifeng pill, heat toxin sores: Di Tang Hua Zhi Ye Jian Shui wash. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Ditang stem and leaf Erqian, decoction. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of edema: Ditang costs one yuan, qingmuxiang one yuan and a half, Polygonum multiflorum one yuan, geshanxiao one yuan, sangpi three yuan, mujiao one yuan, Tongcao one yuan, Cheqianzi two yuan. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)