Saussurea variegata

Saussurea variegata

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name: Golden dog spine.

[source] it is the rhizome of Dryopteris Huabei.

[plant morphology] Dryopteris Huabei, also known as Dryopteris Meili.

Herbs perennial, 40-80 cm tall. Rhizome recumbent, with broad lanceolate brown scales. The leaves are clustered, oval, oblong, herbaceous, 25-45 cm long and 10-25 cm wide, with scaly hairs at the lower end when young, smooth when old, and 3-lobed; the pinnae are lanceolate, 10-20 cm long and 3-7 cm wide below the middle, slightly narrowed toward the base; the small pinnules are slightly far away from the base, asymmetric at the base, one is shortened at the lower side of the base, the edge is deeply lobed, and there are 2-3 sharp serrations at the top of the lobes; Petiole length 15-35 cm, straw color, smooth above base. The sporangia are large, round and kidney shaped, and grow on the venules below the leaves.

It was born in the shade under the valley forest. It is distributed in Shanxi Province, Shanxi Province, Shanxi Province, Shanxi Province, Gansu Province, etc.

[collection] collect in summer and autumn, remove fibrous roots, wash and dry.

It is astringent, bitter and smooth.

Functions and indications: remove rheumatism, strengthen waist and knee, lower blood pressure, clear away heat and toxin. Treatment of spinal pain, dizziness, hypertension.

[selection] ① treatment of spinal pain: Huaye gouya 712. Fried with water; with wo'er 72-3 yuan, fried with Laozao is better.

② Treat hypertension, dizziness: flower leaf dog tooth seven, Taibai tea each one or two. Take it in water.