Echinocaulis leaf

Echinocaulis leaf

(drug records of Nanning City)

[source] it is the leaf of ichthyosae.

[plant morphology] Yumu, also known as Huwang, longtouhua, erjiaomu, shutoucai and jizhucai.

Deciduous spinless tree, more than 10 meters high, with long petiole; 3 leaflets, ovate or ovate lanceolate, 7-12 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, back gray green. Corymb terminal; flowers large, heterozygous, 5-7 cm in diameter, greenish yellow at first, lavender later; sepals 4, lower part glued to disk; petals 4, ovate or oblong, apex obtuse or short pointed, stipitate; stamens numerous, connate with the base of pistil stalk; ovary stipitate, 1-locular. Berry subglobose, 2.5-4 cm in diameter. The seeds are numerous. It blooms in spring.

Most of them are planted in villages, gardens or roadsides. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan.

The root of this plant (Brassica juncea) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in autumn and dry in the sun.

[nature and taste] "bitter, cold. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, strengthening stomach and detoxifying. Treatment of spot fever, ulcers.

① "Clearing away heat and detoxification" is one of the most important contents in Nanning medical records. In the treatment of Longsha fever, a small amount can be used to invigorate the stomach, external use can wash ulcers, and palm blisters are especially effective. "

② "Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection": to treat snake bite, use leaves to tamp. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan. External use: tamping or frying and washing.