Lotus on the ground

Lotus on the ground

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

[synonym] jiutouqing and carp gall.

[source] it is the whole plant of Gentianaceae.

[plant morphology] Gentiana wulingensis, also known as Gentiana variegata.

Herbs perennial, 6.5-15 cm high, all smooth. The rhizome is short, the fine root is strip, light yellow. The stem rises obliquely from the foliage and usually has 3-5 branches. The basal leaves are rosette shaped, lanceolate, 5-8 cm long, slightly fleshy, with indistinct 3-veined, entire, sessile; the stem leaves are lanceolate, 2.2-4 cm long, the lowest leaves less than 1.5 cm long, with short sheath at the base. Flowers 3-7, clustered on the top of stem; calyx tube 5-lobed, linear lanceolate; corolla bell shaped, light purple blue, 5-lobed, corolla fold triangular, symmetrical; stamen 5, attached to corolla tube; ovary superior, one locule, ovules extremely numerous, stigma 2, subsessile. Capsule narrow and long, 2-valved at maturity. The flowering period is from September to October. The fruit period is from October to November.

It is distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, fresh or dry.

It is cool in nature and bitter in taste.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, diuresis and improving eyesight. Treatment of suppurative osteomyelitis, urinary tract infection, conjunctivitis, furuncle, carbuncle.

Usage: Decoction and dosage: 2 ～ 5. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① for Purulent Osteomyelitis: carp gall, jingucao, Solidago, dandelion, Viola, Ganoderma lucidum, chrysanthemum indicum, five yuan each. Take it in water.

② Cure conjunctivitis: carp gall five money, honeysuckle three money, Xu Changqing one money. Take it in water.