Zygotic grass

Zygotic grass

(notes on materia medica)

[synonym] Yuanyang mubie, shuilitchi, heerteng ("baicaojing"), hehecao ("Gangri Shiyi"), wubaicao ("commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai").

[source] it is the leaf or seed of Cucurbitaceae.

[plant morphology] Zygophyllum

Annual climbing herbs. Stem slender, pubescent. Leaf blade narrowly triangular halberd or triangular heart-shaped, 5-8 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide, apex short or long pointed, base heart-shaped, margin with sparse shallow serrate, sometimes 3-5-lobed. Tendrils simple 1 or 2-dichotomous, opposite leaves. Inflorescence axillary; flowers small, unisexual, monoecious; calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear lanceolate; corolla yellow green, 5-deeply lobed, lobes triangular lanceolate; stamens 5, separated; ovary of female flower subglobose, 1-locular, with nodular process, ovule 2, style short, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid, green, pendulous, with spiny protuberance, upper half covered when ripe. Seeds 2, gray. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows in mountain grass or roadside water. It is distributed in Northeast, North and East China.

[chemical composition] the seed contains 25-29% fat oil, 13.28% carbohydrates, 2.95% ash and 0.89% crude fiber. Fatty oil is semi dry and contains 12.78% solid fatty acids.

[nature and taste] notes on materia medica: "there are small poisons. "

[function indications] for edema, malnutrition and snake bite.

① "Materia medica collection": "master snake bite, tamp on sore. "

② "Baicaojing": "the treatment of malnutrition begins. "

③ "Diuresis and detumescence" in "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai". "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping or boiling water fumigation.

[optional prescription] for nephritis, edema and ascites swelling: herb Hezi can be decocted for five to one or two yuan, or it can be smoked with decocted Soup for four to half Jin. (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai) < fontcolor = # 000000 > < / font >