Miscanthus

Miscanthus

(notes on materia medica)

[source] it is the stem of Miscanthus.

[plant morphology] mang (a collection of Materia Medica), also known as Du Rong (Erya), bamang (Taiping Huanyu Ji), bamao (compendium), Duyun, tanfangcao, chuanggao and baijiancao.

Herbaceous perennial, 1-2 m high. Culm stout, glabrous, or sparsely pilose below inflorescence. Leaf linear, 25-60 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, sparsely pilose and powdery below, margin with anteversion sharp small serrate; leaf sheath cylindrical, sheath mouth with dense long white hairs; ligule blunt round triangle, apex with small cilia. Panicle corymbose erect, 10-30 cm long, spindle less than half the length of inflorescence, each node with a short stalk and a long stalk spikelet, spikelet stalk glabrous, apical expansion, long stalk outward, 4 mm long, short stalk about 1 mm long; spikelet lanceolate, about 5-6 mm long, each spikelet base has a circle of white or yellowish brown filiform hair, hair about as long as spikelet; the first glume apex The first lemma is oblong lanceolate, apex obtuse, slightly shorter than glume, white, membranous, ciliated on both sides; the second lemma is narrow, about 2 / 3 of glume, membranous, white, ciliated, Apex with 1 awn, awn 8-10 mm long, geniculate, awn column slightly twisted; palea minute, apex irregularly toothed. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to November.

Growing on hillsides or in barren fields. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

The root of this plant (mang root) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[chemical constituents] the stem contains polysaccharides with anticancer effects (Ehrlich cancer and sarcophagus-180), mainly composed of pentose and hexose. Alfalfa element was isolated from stems and leaves. The flower spike contains rhamnoside and miscanthoside.

[nature and taste] notes on materia medica: "it tastes sweet, flat and non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] ① in the collection of materia medica: "if the owner animal is injured by tigers and wolves, and he is afraid of poison entering the meat, he should take the stem and pueraria root to boil and take it, and also take the juice. "

② "Compendium": "boiling juice, dispersing blood. "

③ Animal and plant folk medicine: "diuresis, antipyretic, detoxification. Cure wind evil. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 0.8-1.5 yuan.