Fragrance of Geshan

Fragrance of Geshan

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] jishanxiang (a textual research on the name of plants), Angelica dahurica, angelica pseudoangelica, Angelica dahurica (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine plant), Angelica sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, tianmuxiang. Shilixiang, yetianzhu (Jiangxi herbal medicine), zhengxiangqianhu, jinjizhao, jizhaoshen, Danggui (Guangzhou army's Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine), Yanfeng, Baihuaqianhu, xiongqianhu (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine), wild fennel (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual), renshengui, jiguaqianhu (Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine new selection).

[source] it is the root or whole plant of Geranium odoratum.

[plant morphology] geshanxiang, also known as limonella, lemon angelica.

Perennial herbs, 40-130 cm high, all glabrous and smooth. Taproot cylindrical or subspiniform. Stem erect, cylindrical, longitudinally striated and shallowly furrowed, upper branched. The leaves are petiolate, the petiole is 7-30 cm long, with broad sheath at the base. The leaves are oblong ovate to broadly triangular, 3-way and 2-way pinnate; the lobes are petiolate, the petiole is 2-7 cm long; the lobules are elliptic to long lanceolate, 3.5-6.5 cm long, 0.4-2.5 cm wide, the apex acuminate, and the base narrower. Compound umbel terminal or lateral, pedicel 5-12; involucre 8, lanceolate; involucre few, linear, reflexed; calyx teeth obvious, ovate; petal 5, white, obovate, apex with inflexed tongue; stamen 5, filaments curved, anthers elliptic, longitudinal, 2-locular; style 2, base low conic, ovary inferior, 2-locular. The fruit is elliptic to broadly ovoid, 3-4 mm long, with flat back, fine linear dorsal and median ribs, and broad wings on the lateral ribs. The flowering period is from June to August. The fruit period is from September to October.

Wild in sunny hillside shrub forest or forest edge. Distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

[collection] dig, wash and dry after autumn.

[medicinal material] the dry roots are spindle or cylindrical, 9-15 cm long and 0.8-1.5 cm in diameter. The appearance is brownish yellow or dark yellow, with obvious longitudinal wrinkles and branch root traces, and the upper end has residual leaf stem base. The texture is hard and the section is yellow white. The air is slightly fragrant, the taste is sweet and slightly bitter,

Produced in Zhejiang and Guangxi.

[chemical composition] the root contains starch, volatile oil, flavonoid glycosides, amino acids, organic acids and sugars.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and smooth.

① Guangzhou army's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "hard work, mild temperature. "

② Jiangxi herbal medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is sweet and slightly bitter. "

③ New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "slightly pungent, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispersing wind, clearing heat, promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain. Treatment of wind heat, cough, angina pectoris, stomachache, malaria, dysentery, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, traumatic injury.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "the whole plant: nourishing strong, law popular. Treatment of tuberculosis, stomachache, heartache, malaria, dysentery, falls, amenorrhea. "

② According to the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou army, "root, promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm. Treat angina pectoris, stomachache, chronic cough, snakebite. "

③ Jiangxi herbal medicine: "root: clearing away heat and toxin, relieving cough and stopping bleeding. Treat leucorrhea. "

④ "The root: sweating to reduce fever. "

⑤ New selection of Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine: "root: dispelling wind and detumescence, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, transforming Qi and relieving pain. Indications: stomachache, hemoptysis, rheumatic arthritis, cold abscess, chronic osteomyelitis, abdominal pain. "

[usage and dosage] take orally: root, decoction, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.

[selection] 1. Cold treatment: five coins from yanfenggen, two coins from perilla leaf and three pieces of ginger. Take it in water. Or with rock wind flower stem three to five money, water fried service. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

② Treatment of cough and phlegm: yanfenggen five money. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

③ Treatment of wind heat and cough: five bucks of fragrant root from another mountain. Take it in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of hemoptysis: three money for the root of geranium, two money for the root of Sambucus williamsii, three money for the grass of snow, two money for the snow of June. Fried in water, brown sugar, rice wine as a guide. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)