Mullein

Mullein

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] Tremella vulgaris (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual), dapaiye and yizhuxiang (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), huweibian and Bawangbian (Kunming folk herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Mullein in Scrophulariaceae.

[plant morphology] verbalein

Perennial herbs, about 1 meter high, all densely covered with yellow woolly hair. Stem erect. Single leaf alternate, stem basal leaf large and clump dense, oblong, 10-20 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, gradually smaller upward, apex acuminate, base wedge-shaped downward, entire; sessile. Spikes cylindrical, elongated from apex; flowers yellow, ca. 1.5 cm in diameter. The capsule is globose, with 2 petals at maturity. The fruit is valvular and light brownish yellow. The seeds are numerous. It blooms in summer.

On the open or barren land of a hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and Xinjiang.

[collection] collection in summer and autumn. Fresh or dry in the shade.

Hard work, cold.

① Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, cold. "

② "Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual": "there are small poisons. "

③ Common folk herbs in Kunming: "pungent, slightly bitter, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, stopping bleeding and dispersing blood stasis. Treatment of pneumonia, chronic appendicitis. Sores, injuries, sprains and bleeding.

① Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "anti inflammation, hemostasis, detoxification. It is used to treat sore, poison, knife and gun injuries, and injuries caused by falls and injuries. "

② "Clearing heat and detoxifying" in selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines. Treat pneumonia, joint sprain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: grind or mash external application.

[selection of prescriptions] 1. Treating chronic appendicitis: one pillar fragrant, one or two. Decoct in water and use brown sugar as the guide. (common folk herbs in Kunming)

② Cure sore poison: a pillar of fragrant three money. Water fried clothes, brown sugar and Baijiu as the cited. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of knife and gunshot wounds, traumatic injuries: a column of fragrant grind powder, wine into paste, apply to the affected area. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)