Radix notoginseng

Radix notoginseng

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the whole grass of bryophytes in the family curculiaceae.

[plant morphology] moss

Dense clumps, dark green with yellowish brown, 4-10 cm high. The stem is erect, slender and branched, with many orders. New branches grow under the next year's reproductive bracts, forming layered cushion; densely covered with reddish brown roots. The leaves are dense, curly when dry, erect when wet, long and narrow lanceolate, entire, involute; the middle rib is single, slender, and the apex protrudes from the leaf tip. Monoecious. Capsule stalk yellow, erect when dry, curved when wet. Capsule ovate, with short platform, 8 dark longitudinal lines. Capsule cap discoid, long beaked. Capsule cap cucullate.

It grows in the cliff, cave or crevice of high mountain. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] harvest all year round and dry in the shade.

[flavor] sweet and light, flat.

Functions and indications: Nourishing Yin, clearing heat, calming mind, dispelling wind and removing dampness, hemostasis and analgesia. It is used to treat bone steaming, hot flashes, neurasthenia, rheumatism, pain, mania and trauma.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 4-5 yuan. External use: grind and sprinkle.