Tiger tail wheel

Tiger tail wheel

(Minnan folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] foxtail and Maowei grass (Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine records), Tongtian grass (Minnan folk herbal medicine), Daben Shanjing, guqianchuancao, tiejinjian (Quanzhou herbal medicine), gouweishe (Fujian herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass of leguminous plant cat's tail.

[plant morphology] cat's tail

Subshrub like herbs, up to 1 m tall. The stems and branches are thick and covered with short coarse hairs. The leaflets are oblong, ovate lanceolate or elliptic, 5-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, apex pointed, base rounded or microcardiform, glabrous above or slightly hairy at midvein, short hairy below; stipules needle like, ca. 2 mm long. Raceme terminal, flowers dense, up to 30 cm long; bracts lanceolate, base broad, edge long eyelashes, fall off, each bract has 2 flowers; calyx shallow cup-shaped, 5-toothed, upper 2-toothed short, lower 3-toothed, usually extended, all hairy; corolla purple, 7-8 mm long; stamens 10, 2-bodied; ovary superior, style linear. Pods 3-7 nodes, covered with very short hairs. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from July to October.

It grows on hillside, wasteland, shrub edge or weeds. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan and other places.

The root of this plant (huweilungen) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains flavonoid glycosides

[nature and taste] Minnan folk herbal medicine: "sweet, slightly bitter, flat. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, detoxifying, stopping bleeding and removing carbuncle. Treatment of cough, lung carbuncle, hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, prolapse of anus, uterine prolapse, swelling and poison.

① Minnan folk herbal medicine: "moisten dryness, relieve heat, eliminate carbuncle and detoxify. "

② "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "dispersing blood stasis to stop bleeding, clearing away heat and relieving cough. It is used to treat hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, knife wound bleeding, lung heat cough, uterine prolapse and anal prolapse. "

③ Longxi's Practical Chinese herbal medicine: "activating blood circulation, dredging collaterals, regulating qi and harmonizing Chinese medicine. Treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer, tuberculosis, leucorrhea, arthritis, infantile malnutrition. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, fresh 1-2 Liang.

[taboo] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "pregnant women should take it with caution. "

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of lung carbuncle and spitting stench: one or two to one or two hundred and twenty-five yuan for fresh huweilun. Wash, chop and fry in water. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

② Governance of horizontal: tiger tail wheel one to three Liang. Wash, chop, stew in water and wine. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of breast blowing, breast cancer: cat's tail shoot fresh leaves, one to two each time, with beef stew. (Quanzhou materia medica)