Red anemone

Red anemone

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] zibeitiankui, Hongye, sanxuezi, longhuye (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), yeduhong and hongshuikui (Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine new selection).

[source] it is the corm or whole plant of Begoniaceae.

[plant morphology] Begonia fimbriata

Herbs perennial, without rhizome. Underground stem globose. Basal leaf 1, membranous, heart-shaped or ovate, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base heart-shaped, edge with irregular double serrated and cilia, both sides with covered coarse hairs, purple below, palmate veins 7-9; petiole 2-6 cm long, with long coarse hairs; stipules small, ovate lanceolate, fimbriate lacerated. The cyme has 2-4 flowers, the total pedicel is slender, longer than the leaves; the flowers are light red; the bracts and stipules are similar. Male sepals 2, ovoid; petals 2, obovate oblong, stamens very many. Female flowers smaller, sepals and petals 3, 2 large semicircular, another small oblong, concave; style 3, 2-lobed, lobes spirally twisted. Capsule triangular, 3-winged; seeds small, yellowish brown. The flowering period is from May to August.

Distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places.

There is another red water sunflower leaf in Guangxi, which has the same function. Its shape is similar to that of this species, but the main difference is that the underground stem is not spherical, the leaves are thicker, the color is deeper, the leaf surface has small nodular protuberances, and the net veins on the back of the leaves are obvious.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer and dry in the sun.

Sweet and cool.

① "Sweet, light, cool" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

② Color atlas of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, astringent, cool, non-toxic. "

③ New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "sour and astringent, cool in nature. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Treatment of summer heat, high fever, lung heat, cough, hemoptysis, sprain, blood stasis pain, sores, toxic scabies, water and fire burns.

① "Clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening dryness and relieving cough, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. The treatment of exogenous high fever. Heatstroke, fever, lung heat, cough, swelling and pain. If the fresh product is mashed, it can be used to treat the sores. "

② "Common Chinese herbal medicine color atlas": "treatment of pneumonia, cough, hemoptysis, chronic bronchitis. "

③ New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "cool blood, activate blood circulation, eliminate inflammation and relieve pain. Indications: hemoptysis, blood stasis, abdominal pain, sprain, contusion, fracture, soup fire injury, tinea scabies. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: tamping.