Milkvetch

Milkvetch

(Henan Chinese herbal medicine manual)

[source] it is the fruit of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.

[plant morphology] licorice

Perennial herbs. Stem erect, base lignified, ribbed, all covered with scalelike yellow glands. Leaflets 5-13, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 2-5 cm long and 0.5-2 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate. Raceme axillary; flowers dense, 8-10 mm long; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla butterfly shaped, blue. Pods ovate, brown, 1-1.5 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm wide, densely spined; 2 seeds, black. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in the grass and shrub beside the field, river and roadside. Distribution of northeast and Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi and other regions.

[collection] autumn and winter fruits are collected after ripening and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] mild in nature, sweet and pungent in taste.

[function indications] lactation.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.

[formula selection] for the treatment of milk deficiency: seven (fresh or dry) Echinococcus and Glycyrrhiza uralensis, and three (Acanthopanax) Acanthopanax. Take it in water.