Dogbane

Dogbane

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[synonym] caterpillars bag, fire drift vine (Luchuan materia medica), white bubble grass, caterpillars medicine (Guangxi medicine plant directory).

[source] it is the whole plant of Osmanthus fragrans.

[plant morphology] Osmanthus fragrans

Subshrub like herbs. Stem branched, hairy, base rooting. Leaves opposite; oblong on stem, 6 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, elliptic oblong on branchlets, 2-3 cm long, apex short, base narrow into a short stalk, both sides coarsely hairy, margin obtuse serrate. Flowers densely capitate, terminal and axillary; bracts imbricate, ovate, ca. 1.5 cm long, with long tail, tail 5 mm long, coarsely hairy; bracteoles linear, slightly longer than calyx; calyx about 8 mm long, 5-lobed, lobes linear lanceolate, coarsely hairy; corolla yellow, ca. 1.5 cm long, lobes 5, rotated; stamens 4, paired, anthers 2-locular. Capsule ca. 10 mm long. The flowering period is autumn and winter.

In the shade of water or wetland. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] all year round.

Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "cool in nature, light in taste."..

[functions and indications] 1. Luchuan materia medica: "diuresis, detoxification, anti inflammation. It can cure children's skin blister and dysentery. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "treat Dieda, dysentery, caterpillar stabbing. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water.