Patrinia villosa

Grass

HerbaPatriniae

Whiteflower Patrinia herb

Patrinia villosa.

[source]

Patrinia villosa Juss.

[plant morphology]

Herbs perennial, up to 1m high. The underground stem is slender, and the aboveground stem is erect, densely covered with white epiphytic coarse hairs or only one row of epiphytic coarse hairs on both sides. The basal leaves are clustered, oval, with coarse teeth on the edge and long petiole; the stem leaves are opposite, ovate or long ovate, 4-10cm long and 2-5cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, 1-2 pairs of pinnate division, base lobes small; the upper part is not split, with coarse teeth on the edge, with coarse hairs on both sides and nearly sessile. Corymbose panicle, inflorescence branches and stems densely or only 2 rows of coarse hairs; calyx not obvious; corolla white, 4-6 mm in diameter. Achene obovate, base adnate to enlarged round winged membranous bracts, bracts nearly round. The flowering period is from May to June.

Born on hillside grass and roadside. It is distributed all over the country except northwest.

[collection and preparation]

In summer, before flowering, they should be dug, sun dried to half dry, tied into bundles, and then dried in the shade.

[chemical composition]

It contains villoside, morroniside and loganin.

[flavor]

It is cool in nature, pungent and bitter in taste.

[functional indications]

Clearing away heat and toxin, removing blood stasis and removing pus. For appendicitis, dysentery, enteritis, hepatitis, eye conjunctivitis, postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain, carbuncle swelling.

[note]

P. scabiosaefolia Fisch. Is also used as Patrinia.

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