splendid achnatherum

splendid achnatherum

(Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Achnatherum splendens (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine), Poncirus trifoliata (Chinese desert medicinal plant).

[source] stems, flowers and seeds of Achnatherum splendens.

Achnatherum splendens

Perennial herbs, 0.5-2.5 m high. The root is thick and tough, covered with sand, 3 mm in diameter. Stem erect, stout, hard, tufted, base persistent yellowish brown withered leaf sheath. The leaves are linear, 30-60 cm long, longitudinally folded, tough, with raised veins on the top, slightly rough, with many concave grooves on the bottom, smooth and glabrous; the leaf sheath is hairless, tough, and the edge is membranous; the tongue is hard, acuminate, 5-7 mm long (the upper part of the stem reaches 1 cm). Panicle, 40-60 cm long, in the shape of a tower, gathered on one side of the culm. Its branches are thin and weak; spikelets are 4.5-6.5 mm long, grayish green or purplish or yellowish; glumes are membranous, lanceolate and elliptic, the first glume is shorter than the second; awns are erect or slightly curved, but not twisted and easy to break. The flowering and fruiting period is autumn.

It grows on the slightly alkaline grassland, dry river bed, lakeside, riverside and low land between hills. Distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places.

[collection] the stems can be harvested all year round; the flowers and seeds can be harvested in summer and autumn, and the selenium is dry.

[nature and taste] Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet and light in taste, flat in nature. "

[function indications] it is used to treat urinary tract infection and urinary incontinence.

① Chinese herbal medicine in Inner Mongolia: "diuresis. Treatment of urinary tract infection, urinary incontinence. "

② "Stem: diuretic and heat clearing. Flower: stop bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, stem, flower 0.5 ~ 1 liang. Seeds cost 3-5 yuan.

[selection] ① for urethritis: one or two parts of the base of the stem of Achnatherum splendens were decocted in water. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

② Treatment of urinary incontinence: Achnatherum splendens seed three money, fried in water. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of newborn urination adverse: Achnatherum splendens, plantain grass, wheat ear stalk (to wheat grain) each one money, decoction. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

④ Hemostasis: Jiji costs five to one or two yuan, and is decocted in water. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)