To see sorrow in pus

To see sorrow in pus

(Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name: huanghuamu, huanghuawu, huanghuacao.

[source] it is the leaf of Bupleurum chinense.

[plant morphology] Bupleurum chinense

Subshrubs erect or scattered, rod covered with very short stellate hairs. Leaves ovate, suborbicular or obovate, 2-5 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. Apex obtuse or acuminate, base cuneate, sparsely stellate hairy above, grayish white below, densely short stellate hairy, margin shallowly serrate; petiole ca. 2-5 mm long, stellate woolly; stipules subulate, ca. as long as petiole, sparsely hairy; flowers solitary or arranged in racemes; pedicel ca. 5 mm long, sometimes 2 cm long after anthesis, stellate hairy; calyx cup-shaped, ca. 5 mm long, lateral The surface is covered with stellate hairs and mixed with pubescence; corolla is yellow, stamen tube is sparsely covered, fruit is hemispherical, diameter is about 6 mm: mericarps are 6-8, with 2 awns, awn length is about 2 mm, covered with short coarse hairs, pericarp is membranous, back is covered with short hairs: seeds glabrous. The flowering period is from July to December.

It is distributed in South China.

The root of this plant is used for medicine. Another detailed special article.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] slightly sour and astringent, cool and non-toxic.

[function indications] heat clearing and detoxification. It can cure boils, bee and crab wounds.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of sores and boils: appropriate amount of pus, add a little yellow sugar, mash and apply to the affected area.

② Treatment of bee crab injury swelling and pain: appropriate amount of pus, mash, apply the wound.