Youngia japonica

Youngia japonica

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[synonym] kucaiyao, sanzhixiang (list of medicinal plants in Guangxi), daylily, mountain mustard, native mustard, wild mustard, wild mustard, mustard seed, stinky head kuju (manual of Chinese herbal medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of yellow quail, a Compositae plant.

[plant morphology] yellow quail

Annual or biennial herbs, 20-80 cm high. The fibrous roots are tender and white. Stem from the base of one to several branches, upright. The basal leaves are tufted, oblanceolate, fiddle like, with large apical lobes, blunt apex, and irregular wavy teeth at the edge; the cauline leaves are alternate, rare, usually 1-2, rarely 3-5; the leaves are long and narrow, with deep pinnate cracks. The inflorescence is small and numerous, arranged into a cymose panicle; the involucral bracts are 2 layers, the outer bracts are 5, triangular or ovate, the inner bracts are about 8, lanceolate; the Corolla is yellow, the edge is glossy flower, the center is tubular flower, the achene is brown red fish, with 11-13 edges, the crown hair is white; the flowering period is April to May.

Born in the wilderness. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan and Yunnan.

[collection] harvest in spring and autumn.

[nature and taste] Manual of Chinese herbal medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian Province: "sweet, slightly bitter, cool, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, detoxifying, detumescence, relieving pain, treating cold, sore throat, mastitis, conjunctivitis, sore, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, rheumatoid arthritis.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "detumescence, pain. Treat a cold. "

② According to the Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, "clearing away heat and toxic substances, promoting qi and benefiting the throat.". "

③ "Identification of common confused Chinese herbal medicines": antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. It is used to treat sore, furuncle, mastitis, tonsillitis, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, conjunctivitis and rheumatoid arthritis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: tamping or gargling.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of throat inflammation: wash fresh yellow crane vegetables, mash juice, gargle with vinegar (avoid greasy food during treatment).

② Treatment of mastitis: fresh yellow crane vegetables one to two. Add wine to the decoction, mash the dregs, heat and apply on the affected area.

③ Treatment of liver cirrhosis ascites: fresh yellow crane root four to six money. Take it in water.

④ Treatment of callose: fresh yellow crane vegetables 1 to 2 liang. Decoct the water and wine in half and apply the dregs externally.

⑤ Cure rabies bite: fresh yellow crane vegetables 1 to 2 liang. Take it with boiled water and apply it with dregs. (selected prescription comes from the Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian)