Hydrangea macrophylla

Hydrangea macrophylla

(a textual research on the name and field of plants)

[alias] fentuan flower and Ziyang flower (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the root, leaf and flower of hydrangea.

[plant morphology] Hydrangea

Deciduous shrubs. Branchlets are stout with obvious lenticels and leaf traces. The leaves are large and slightly thick, opposite, elliptic to broadly ovate, 7-20 cm long and 4-10 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base wide cuneate, margin coarsely serrated except the base, bright green on the top and yellow green on the bottom; petiole 1-3 cm long, corymb terminal, spherical, 20 cm in diameter; pedicel pilose; flowers extremely beautiful, white, pink, color or turn blue, all white Flowers sterile, sepals 4, broadly ovate or rounded, 1-2 cm long. It blooms in summer.

There are many varieties in gardens and folk in China.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer.

[nature and taste] common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "bitter, slightly pungent, cold, with little poison. "

[functions and indications] ① modern practical Chinese medicine: "antimalarial drugs have the same efficacy as traditional Chinese medicine. It's also used for heart disease. "

① "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "treatment of malaria, heart heat, palpitation, irritability. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-4 yuan. External use: decocting and washing with water or grinding juice.

[selection] 1. Treatment of malaria: baxianhuaye Sanjiao, huangchangshan Erqian, decoction.

② Treatment of kidney capsule wind: seven dough flowers, water decoction wash the affected area.

③ Treatment throat rotten: powder root, grinding juice; with chicken feather coated on the affected area, saliva out of the more. (Modern Practical Chinese medicine was selected)