Bitter sunflower and green onion

Bitter sunflower and green onion

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] youzhiyacong, Nvku milk (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine), goat milk and sanzhiyacong (Chinese desert medicinal plants).

[source] it is the whole grass and root of Allium sativum, a branch of Compositae.

[plant morphology] Allium clavifolium

Perennial herbs, 30-40 cm high. Stem from the base of many forked branches, into a semi spherical, pink green, with white milk. The leaves are filiform, linear, apex pointed, entire, curved. The inflorescence is at the top of the branch; the involucre is cylindrical and hairy with several layers; 4-5 glossy flowers are bright yellow. Achene slightly curved, long cylindrical, corolla yellowish brown or white, with intermixed branches.

Born in sandy land, sand dune, dry hillside, riverside, etc. It is distributed in Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Xinjiang.

[collection] harvested in summer and autumn, fresh or dried.

[nature and taste] Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, pungent, cold. "

[function and indications] it is used to treat the swelling of the scrofula and scrofula.

① Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. In recent years, it has been used in the treatment of gastric cancer and thyroid cancer. "

② "Medicinal plants in desert areas of China": Xiaozhong Sanjie. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or boil cream. External use: take the milk white juice from the fresh twig and spread it on the affected area.

[selection] 1. Treatment of cancer: 1 jin of green onion and 1 jin of bitter herbs, boiled cream. When taking, you can drink honey, one money each time, and take it with boiled water. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of scrofula: apply the fresh juice of green onion on the outside. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)