Broccoli

Broccoli

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

[synonym] is Cai (identification of main wild medicinal plants in Heilongjiang Province and new preparation of Chinese herbal medicine), ye Xiang (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the whole plant of broccoli.

[plant morphology] broccoli

Herbs biennial or perennial, 15-90 cm high. Stem slightly oblique, glabrous or slightly hairy, branched. Basal leaves mostly clustered, pinnatifid, 12 cm long, terminal lobes larger, ovate, lateral lobes smaller, 5-8 pairs, margin obtuse teeth, only in petiole and midvein sparsely short hairy, other parts glabrous; cauline leaves alternate, undivided, lanceolate. Raceme terminal or axillary, flowers small cross shaped, yellow; sepals long elliptic; petals grate shaped; 4 strong stamens; pistil 1; pedicel 2-3 mm long. Long horned fruit terete long elliptic, 4-6 mm long, 2 mm wide, slightly curved; pedicel 2-6 mm long. Seeds small, ovate, slightly flat, 0.5 mm long, reddish yellow, punctate.

It grows in hillside, stone crevice, roadside, field, ditch, tidal wetland and weeds. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places.

[collection] from July to August, the whole grass was collected, cut into sections and dried for use.

[nature and taste] Manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment: "bitter, pungent, cool. "

[Guijing] treatment manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine: "entering heart, liver and lung meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, diuresis, detoxification and detumescence. Treatment of jaundice, edema, gonorrhea, sore throat, carbuncle, soup fire injury.

① "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": "heat clearing and detoxification, blood circulation. Treatment of jaundice, sore throat, edema, arthritis, sore swelling. "

② "Identification of main wild medicinal plants in Heilongjiang Province and new preparations of Chinese herbal medicine": antipyretic diuretic. Treatment of ascites, gonorrhea; external treatment of burns. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-5 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of jaundice and hepatitis: cauliflower with Ruixu, tartary buckwheat leaf, Artemisia capillaris, decoction.

② Treatment of ascites too much: cauliflower with mother Artemisia seed, rhubarb, fried soup service.

③ Treatment of unknown swelling toxin and osteomyelitis: broccoli with cow's ear rhubarb, dandelion, mohiye, mash and apply to the affected area. (select the prescription to produce the manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)