Wheat bran grass

Wheat bran grass

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the whole plant of the Urticaceae.

[plant morphology] Kenaf

Perennial herbs, 50-100 cm high. Stem erect, sparsely pubescent, often branched. Leaves opposite, herbaceous, ovate or broadly ovate, 3-11 cm long and 1.5-7.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, both sides sparsely strigose; petiole 1-8 cm long. Dioecious or monoecious; inflorescences axillary, up to 20 cm; rachis sparsely short white hairy; female flowers globose. Achene obovate, 0.5-1 mm long, upper part sparsely short hairy. Persistent stigmas filiform.

Born on the hillside, stream wet place. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning and other places.

[collection] harvested in summer and autumn, dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "astringent, slightly bitter, flat. "

[functions and indications] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, eliminating wind, relieving itching and removing dampness. It can cure itchy skin and dampness. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.