Oxytropis falcata

Oxytropis falcata

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

[synonym] Daha (Tibetan name).

[source] the whole plant of Oxytropis falcata.

[plant morphology] Oxytropis falcata

Perennial herbs with sticky plants. The stem is very short. Pinnate compound leaves, 7-15 cm long; rachis densely villous; stipules densely villous and glandular, the lower part of which is connected with petiole; leaflets 25-45, opposite or alternate, rarely 4 whorls, strip lanceolate, 5-12 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, densely glandular and villous. Flowers numerous, arranged into a nearly capitate raceme; pedicels nearly as long as leaves; calyx tubular, about 18 mm long, densely villous and glandular, calyx teeth lanceolate, about 4-5 mm long; corolla purplish red, flag petal oblanceolate, about 25 mm long, keel petal has a beak about 2 mm long. The pods are 2.5-3.5 cm long and 6-8 mm wide, slightly falcate, slightly swollen, glandular and white pubescent.

It grows on hillside grassland, sandy soil and river beach. Distributed in Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] from July to August, the whole grass was collected, cleaned, cut into sections and dried in the sun.

It is pungent, cold and poisonous.

[meridian tropism] entering lung and spleen meridians.

[functions and indications] 1. Treat influenza, tonsillitis, carbuncle, swelling, and leprosy. (the following is the manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment.)

② "Shanganningqing Chinese herbal medicine selection": "clearing away heat and toxin, promoting muscle and treating sores. Treatment of high fever, bloody stool, red and white dysentery, anthrax. External use can cure knife wound. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: grind and sprinkle.

[taboo] Manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment: "forbidden for pregnant women. "