Red and blue groundflower

Red and blue groundflower

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Erigeron breviscapus and leucorrhea.

[source] it is the whole plant of Erigeron stolonifera.

[plant morphology] Erigeron stolonifera

Erect herb, 20-70 cm high, hairy. The taproot is short, with many fibrous roots. Leaves simple, alternate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, upper part of leaf margin shallowly serrate and ciliate. Inflorescence terminal, lavender. Achene, flat, with soft bristles.

It grows on dry grass slopes and undergrowth shrubs. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] collection in summer. Wash, chop and dry.

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, flat.

[function indications] detoxification, detumescence and blood circulation. Treatment of tuberculous and neoplastic leprosy.

[prescription] eye fog: red and blue flowers root three to five money. Stewed meat.

Chinese PinYin : Hong Lan Di Hua