Goose feet board

Goose feet board

(Emei medicine plant)

[synonym] kudaicai (botany Dictionary), August white (Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resource list), tiechantou, lobelia macrophylla, Rana trifida (Guangzhou army's "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual"), ploughweed, vanilla (Guangxi medicine plant list), jinsuozhuo, baihuazi (Fujian traditional Chinese Medicine), liuliuhan, sheyaoge, yangshancao (Shaanxi Gansu Ningqing traditional Chinese medicine selection).

[source] the whole plant of anethole heterophylla (Umbelliferae).

[plant morphology] anise

It is perennial, 40-120 cm high. Stem erect, upper branches slender, tomentose or pilose. The basal leaves and the leaves of the lower part of the stem have long stalks or nearly sessile, undivided or 3-lobed or 3-way pinnate division from one to two; the middle lobes of the leaves of the lower part of the stem are ovate, apex acuminate, petiolate, and the edges of the lobes are serrated or acutely serrated; the leaves of the upper part of the stem are narrow lanceolate, base cuneate, and the edges have sharp and deep notches or teeth, and the surface of the lobes is slightly rough, while the leaves of the back are not The veins are pilose. The flowers are white or green; calyx 5; petals ovate, apex inflexed; stamens 5; style 2-3 times longer than style base, reflexed. Suspensory fruit globose ovate, base subcordate, laterally flat, fruit ribs prominent, with 2-3 oil tubes in each groove. The flowering period is August. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows in the grass on the side of the mountain or under the forest on the hillside. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Shaanxi, etc.

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

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[chemical constituents] the fruit contains volatile oil.

[nature and taste] 1. The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "sweet and pungent, slightly warm. "

② "Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai herbal medicine selection": it tastes hard, warm and has little poison. "

Functions and indications: dispersing cold, resolving accumulation, removing blood stasis and detumescence. Treatment of cold, dysentery, infantile malnutrition, skin itching.

① Emei medicine plant: "smashing and applying it on the wrist can cure malaria. "

② "Dispersing blood stasis, detumescence and detoxification" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. It can cure snake bite, bee sting and dysentery. "

③ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "invigorate the stomach, eliminate accumulation. Treatment of infantile malnutrition. "

④ "List of medicinal plants in Guangxi": cool and antipyretic. It is used to treat traumatic injuries and scabies. "

⑤ "Shanganningken Chinese herbal medicine selection": dispelling wind and dispersing cold. Treat cold and wind cold. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[selected formula] treatment of pruritus: half Jin of goose foot board and half Jin of Prunella vulgaris. Decoct and wash. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai)