Yellow Pearl grass

Yellow Pearl grass

(records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] Zhenzhucao, yugucao, rikaiyeguan (Nanning medical records), dizhenzhu, pseudotaro (Guangxi medical plant directory).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Euphorbiaceae.

[plant morphology] Phyllostachys heterophylla

Herbs annual, ca. 40 cm tall, glabrous. Stem base lignified, purple surface, alternate leaves, 2 rows, linear oblong, 1.3-2.5 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, apex acute, base obtuse, entire; petiole short, less than 1 mm long, stipules 2, ovate lanceolate, maroon. Flowers small, monoecious, solitary or clustered in leaf axils; male flowers with short stalks, sepals 6, 2-whorled, oblong, inner whorl larger than outer whorl, yellow green; petals absent; stamens 3, anthers 2-chambered, nectaries 6; female flowers petiolate, about 1 mm long, after anthesis elongated, calyx 6-lobed, lobes oblong, about 1 mm long, abducted; ovary 3-chambered, with 3 longitudinal grooves and verrucose protuberances, style 3, stigma 3 Capsule 2-lobed, globose, purplish red, smooth, 3-lobed. The seeds are brown and the flowering period is from September to October. The fruit period is from October to November.

Born in wet fields. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, dry or fresh.

[nature and taste] 1. Nanning medical records: "sweet and bitter. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "Gan, Ping. "

[functions and indications] 1. In the medical records of Nanning City, it is said that "the whole herb: dispelling food, dispelling Yi. Treatment of malnutrition and malnutrition into the eye. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "whole grass: tonifying spleen and stomach, treating gonorrhea, bone choking throat, infantile malnutrition. Gen: treat breast abscess. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or boiling water fumigation.