Abelmoschus manihot

Abelmoschus manihot

(Jia Diao Mu Cao)

[source] it is the flower of Malvaceae.

[plant morphology] Abelmoschus manihot (xianglianji), also known as Abelmoschus manihot (Shuowen), Erigeron breviscapus, okra (qunfangpu), Gossypium hirsutum (a textual research on the name and reality of plants), Abelmoschus manihot, jinhuajiebao, Shuimian, mianmianqi, mianhuahao, Xiaomian, Xima, yefurong, yejiahua.

Annual or perennial stout erect herbs, 1-2 m high. Stem covered with yellow setae. The leaves are large, ovate to suborbicular, 15-30 cm or more in diameter, palmately divided, with 5-9 long and narrow lobes with teeth on the margin; the petiole is 6-18 cm long. Flowers solitary, axils of leaves and branch ends, forming a near raceme; bracts linear lanceolate or lanceolate, 4-5 pieces, about 25 mm long, 5-10 mm wide; calyx spatulate, 5-lobed, caducous; corolla 5-petal, pale yellow or white, with purple heart, 10-20 cm in diameter; stamens numerous, tubular; pistil stigma 5-divergent, ovary 5-locular. Capsule oblong, pointed, with coarse hair, 5-7.5 cm long, containing most seeds. The flowering period is from June to August.

It is common in valley and grass. In addition to the northeast, northwest, all over the distribution, but also cultivated.

The root (root), stem (stem), leaf (leaf) and seed (seed) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] in summer, the flowers are harvested in full bloom and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] 1. Pinhuijingyao: "non toxic. "

② "Gangmu": "sweet, cold, slippery, non-toxic. "

[function indications] Tonglin, detumescence, detoxification. Treatment of gonorrhea, carbuncle swelling poison, soup fire scald.

① Jiayou materia medica: "it is used to treat urine drenching and birth, and it is also used to treat all kinds of malignant sores and abscesses that have not been cured for a long time. "

② "Gangmu": "eliminate carbuncle swelling, soak in oil, apply soup fire injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Yanmo, 1-2 yuan. External use: grind bundle to adjust to apply or oil dip to apply.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat shashilin: one or two flowers of Abelmoschus manihot. Stir fry, mash for powder, each take a money dagger, drink rice before eating. (Dusheng San in Shengji Zonglu)

② Treatment of carbuncle, gangrene, poison and sores: yellow sunflower, mixed with salt, sealed with porcelain. It's not bad after years. Apply it to the affected area. (Shukui cream in renzhaizhizhifang)

③ To treat the burn of soup fire: put sesame oil in a bottle, take the sunflower from the tree with the sheath, put it in the bottle, do not disturb the hands, seal it, and apply oil to the injured. (empirical formula)

④ Treatment of children with Huangkui at the end of the mouth. (behind the elbow)

⑤ Treatment of children's wooden tongue: Huang Shu sunflower (for the end) one money, Huang Dan five points, apply it. (ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang)

⑥ Treatment of children with alopecia: Abelmoschus manihot, rhubarb, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. For the end, rice hogwash net wash, sesame oil transfer liniment. (Puji Fang)