Endive

Endive

(Jiayou materia medica)

[synonyms] Yechou (Qianjin Shizhi), Bianchou (Jiayou materia medica), and chutsai (flora of Guangzhou).

[source] it is the whole herb of Rabdosia rabdosia.

[plant morphology] rabbitae

Herbaceous perennial, glabrous, 15-30 cm high, with a weak, flat rhizome, most of the leaves rooting, petiolate; linear or linear oblong, 7-10 cm long, entire or with discrete serrations; few stems and leaves, sessile, sometimes slightly clasping. The inflorescence is small, forming a loose, weak, corymbose panicle; the flower is glossy, yellow; the involucre is about 6 mm long, with 8 equal bracts, and the outermost ones are very small; the stamens are 5, attached to the corolla tube; the ovary is inferior, and the stigma is 2-lobed. The achene is slightly flat, with ribbed veins and tiny protrusions. Its beak is about the same length as the fruit body, and its corolla is white. The flowering period is from late spring to early autumn.

Born in the wilderness. It is distributed in the South and northeast of China.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer.

[nature and taste] ① Qianjin Shizhi: "it tastes bitter, flat and non-toxic. "

② Jiayou materia medica: "bitter taste, flat, a cloud cold. "

[function indications] for jaundice, sores, carbuncle and swelling.

① Qianjin Shizhi: "take long and sleep less. "

② Jiayou materia medica: "in addition to complexion and sublingual yellow, strong does not sleep; fold the white juice from the stem and apply it to the swollen root; take the juice to drop carbuncle on the standing ulceration; crush the stem and leaf and apply it to snake bite. Raw food, regulate the twelve meridians, benefit the five Zang, stomach qi after cholera, raw mash juice drink, although cold, very beneficial. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: boiling or mashing juice. External use: mash juice or grind powder to mix and apply.