Wedelia chinensis

Wedelia chinensis

(materia medica seeks the original)

[synonyms] malangao, Wedelia triloba, roadside chrysanthemum (raw herbal medicine preparation), Shuilan (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), halodendron, yellow flower tequila, yellow flower koji grass (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Wedelia chinensis.

[plant morphology] Wedelia chinensis

Herbs perennial, short, creeping, covered with short compressed hairs. Leaves opposite; oblong lanceolate, 2.5-7 cm long, apex short pointed or obtuse, base narrow and subsessile, margin subentire or serrate, 3 main veins. Capitate inflorescence, long petiole, axillary or terminal, inflorescence about 1.8 cm in diameter; involucral bracts 2-row, lanceolate or oblong, 8-10 mm long, inner row smaller; receptacle flat; marginal ligulate flower 1-row, female, about 10-12; central tubular flower, bisexual, apex 5-lobed. Achene flat, without corolla. It blooms in summer.

Most of them grow on the edge of ditches or wetlands in coastal areas. It is distributed in Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, etc.

[pharmacological action] intraperitoneal injection of the water extract of whole herb has certain inhibitory effect on Ehrlich ascites cancer in mice.

[nature and taste] 1. In Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "sweet and light, slightly cold. "

② Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly salty, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing blood stasis and detumescence. Treatment of diphtheria, pertussis, dysentery, hemorrhoids, traumatic injury.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature": "dispersing sore, clearing heat, purulent, penetrating sore, and rash, hemorrhoids. The root can dislodge teeth. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "break blood stasis, detumescence. Treatment of traumatic brain injury, abdominal pain, rheumatism. "

③ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. For diphtheria, pertussis, tuberculosis, fever, cough, dysentery, liver fire, restless heat, sore throat, gingivitis. "

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

[formula selection] 1. Prevention of diphtheria: a fresh Wedelia triloba may cost five to one or two yuan. Fried in water for three days. The two fresh Wedelia triloba were mashed and mashed, then added vinegar equivalent to one fourth of the medicine solution, and sprayed or gargled once or twice a day for three days. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of diphtheria: fresh Wedelia two liang, licorice two money, Tongcao five points. Take it in concentrated water, one to four doses a day. In addition, mash the juice with fresh Wedelia triloba, add vinegar equivalent to one fourth of the dosage, and dip the cotton swab in the solution to smear the false film, two to three times a day. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)