Mosla chinensis

Mosla chinensis

(Quanzhou materia medica)

Another name: Elsholtzia splendens and Elsholtzia cunensis.

[source] it is the whole plant of Elsholtzia splendens.

[plant morphology] Mosla chinensis

Annual erect plants. Root like. The stem is 10-30 cm high, with long nodes and branches. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 2-4.5 cm long, 0.3-0.9 cm wide, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Upper margin sparsely serrate, green above, grayish green below, with minute glandular dots, glabrous; almost sessile. Inflorescence pseudospike, terminal, 2.5-6 cm long; bracts membranous, with purple ciliary longitudinal veins, margin with spiny teeth, imbricate arrangement; flowers small, beige, opening to one side of inflorescence. The nutlets are very small and remain in the persistent calyx. The flowering period is from September to November.

Born on a hillside facing the sun. Distributed in Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] the aboveground parts were harvested before mid autumn, dried or fresh.

[flavor] pungent, fragrant, slightly warm, non-toxic.

[channel tropism] entering lung, stomach and large intestine.

Functions and indications: clear away summer heat, facilitate urination, remove chest fullness, and regulate thirst. Treatment of heat stroke, diarrhea, fever, thirst, upset, hypochondriac pain, halitosis, tongue bleeding.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan.