Flower anchor

Flower anchor

(Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] xiheri digeda (Mongolian name).

[source] it is the whole plant of Gentianaceae.

Flower anchor

Annual herb, 20-50 cm high. The stem is erect, with branches from the base and longer internodes than leaves. Leaves opposite, elliptic lanceolate, apex pointed, base cuneate, often 3-veined; shortly stipitate. Cyme axillary or terminal; calyx 4-lobed, lobes lanceolate; corolla campanulate, pale yellow, 4-lobed below middle, lobes base with pit hole, extending into a long distance, shaped like anchor; stamen 4, inserted near the base of corolla, anther T-shaped; ovary 1-locular, style short. Capsule ovate or oblong, carpel divided to base.

It grows under the forest, at the edge of the forest, in the valley and in the grassland beside the water. It is distributed in the southwest of China, through the middle to the northeast.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, and dry in the shade.

[chemical constituents] this genus contains 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,7-tetramethoxy-t-one, 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetramethoxy-t-one and 1-hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethoxy-t-one.

[flavor] sweet and bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Treatment of hepatitis, vasculitis, traumatic infection, fever, traumatic bleeding.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of icteric hepatitis: huaanchou Wuqian, liquorice, Artemisia, pomegranate each four Qian, Rubia, loquat leaf, shikonin each three Qian. A total of fine noodles, twice a day, each serving eight to one money, sugar water.

② Treatment of vasculitis and choroidal injury: huaanchor, Artemisia, Rubia, loquat leaf, Shigella. A total of fine powder, each serving one money to one money five minutes, fried in water.

③ Treatment of traumatic infection fever: Flower anchor, forsythia, lentil flower, Rosa Xanthii flower, hawthorn, talc, Qu Mai, etc. A total of fine powder, three times a day, each serving one money to one money five minutes. Warm clothes in water. (the following is the Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)