Blue spear head (rhaponticum uniflorum)

[name of traditional Chinese medicine] Yuzhou Loulu

Yuzhou Loulu

Radixechinopsis

[source] it is the dry root of Echinops latifolius Tausch or Echinops grijisii Hance.

In spring and autumn, they were dug to remove fibrous roots and sediment, and dried in the sun.

[character] the product is cylindrical, slightly twisted, 10-25cm in length, 0.5-1.5cm in diameter, grayish yellow or grayish brown on the surface, with longitudinal wrinkles and fibrous Brown bristles on the top. It is hard and not easy to break. The skin of the section is brown, and the wood is yellow and black with radial texture. It is slightly astringent.

[identification] the powder is brown yellow. The phloem fibers are mostly bundles, 20-42 μ m in diameter, thick in wall, with brown resinous substance in the intercellular space. Wood fiber is slender, tapered at both ends, 12-30 μ m in diameter, thick in wall, with more marginal pits and reticulated ducts, 20-120 μ m in diameter. Stone cells are rare, round, rectangular or square, 35-150 μ m in diameter, with obvious lamellae and pits, and brown resinous substance in the intercellular space. We can see inulin.

[processing] remove impurities, wash, moisten, cut thick slices and dry in the sun.

Bitter and cold. Return to the stomach meridian.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, removing pus and stopping bleeding, removing carbuncle and removing milk. It is used for the treatment of various ulcers, such as carbuncle wind, swelling and pain of breast carbuncle, obstructed milk and toxic sores. It can also be used as a roundworm repellent.

[usage and dosage] 4.5-9g

[note] pregnant women should use it with caution.

[storage] store in a well ventilated and dry place.