Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] anemone, Gentianaceae, Leonurus, Nepenthes, tinea pedis.

[source] it is the whole plant of Cyclobalanopsis multiceps.

[plant morphology] Chaetomium multiflorum

Herbs recumbent, 20-40 cm high. The whole plant is densely pilose. Single leaf opposite; oblong, 2-3.7 cm long, 1.3-2.5 cm wide, margin serrate. Flowers in whorls, axillary or terminal, pink. Nuts.

It grows on the hillside, roadside grass or bush. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round. Wash, sun dry or fresh.

Bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, promoting dampness and activating collaterals.

[selection] 1. For cholecystitis and icteric hepatitis, fengluncai costs three to five yuan. Take it in water.

② Treatment of snakebite, injury: fresh wind round vegetables mashed, applied to the affected area.

③ Treatment of rotten feet: mash fresh fengluncai, put it into boiling water, and wash the affected area when it is warm.