Blue Cassia Chrysanthemum

Blue Cassia Chrysanthemum

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Sophora flavescens (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Anthurium lancisetum.

[plant morphology] Cynanchum lancifolium

Herbs perennial, ca. 45 cm tall. The main root is conic, bifurcate and has a daughter root, on which there are fine fibrous roots. Stem erect. The leaves are alternate, the shape of the leaves changes greatly, the shape of the leaves is oval, the length is 4-8 cm, the width is 2.5-6 cm, sometimes the feather is split or the whole split, the lobes are 1-4 or more, the leaf margin has irregular serrations: the petiole has grooves, the base is enlarged. Panicles arranged in corymbose, involucre often wide, smooth or small coarse hair: corolla blue. Achene narrow, gradually contracted into a short beak.

It grows in the wild, sparse forest and grass or is cultivated. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] collected in autumn and winter, sliced and dried.

[nature and taste] ① Guizhou herbal medicine: "pungent, slightly bitter, flat. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, flat. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and inflammation, strengthening spleen and stomach, and relieving pain. Treatment of stomachache, gastroenteritis. Bacillary dysentery, food accumulation, fullness, edema, eczema.

① "Guizhou herbal medicine": "xiaoshiji satiety. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "invigorating spleen and stomach, relieving pain. It can cure poor appetite and stomachache. "

③ "Red river Chinese herbal medicine": "clearing heat and detoxification, anti inflammation and diuresis. Treat stomachache, gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, edema, eczema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 Qian, or powder, 3-5 Fen.

[prescription selection] treatment of food accumulation and fullness: LAN Xisha Ju Wu Qian. Mixed with rice water. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

[clinical application] it has analgesic effect for stomachache caused by stomach, duodenal ulcer and gastritis. Most of them are effective in 15-30 minutes, and the effective time can last about 4 hours. Usage: wash and dry Sophora flavescens, grind fine powder, put into capsule, 0.31g per capsule. Take 3-4 capsules 3-4 times a day.