Pachycarpus angustifolia

Pachycarpus angustifolia

(Emei medicine plant)

[synonym] heijiaogan.

[source] it is the whole plant of Rubiaceae.

[plant morphology] pseudoauricularia acuminata

Herbaceous, up to 20-30 cm in height. There are many different fibrous roots. Stem cylindrical, glabrous, tender green, sometimes reddish blue. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 1-5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, apex acuminate or long pointed, base gradually narrowed, petiolate, entire, green above, light green below, with sparse short hairs; stipules deeply divided, lobes finely linear. Cyme terminal; calyx 4-lobed, ovate or narrowly ovate; corolla tubular, flower diameter ca. 1 mm, lobes 4, involute, white; stamen 4, inserted on corolla tube; pistil 1, stigma bifurcated, ovary inferior, 2-locular, ovule numerous. Capsule hemispherical. Seeds oblate, central concave. The flowering period is June. The fruiting period is July.

Born in the shade and wet place under the gentle slope forest.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "sweet and sour in taste, flat in nature, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] ① Emei Yaozhi: "treating sore poison. "

② "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treatment of infantile malnutrition, jaundice, edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or stewed meat. External use: tamping.