Penglai grass

Penglai grass

(Quanzhou materia medica)

[synonyms] kushecao (flora of Guangzhou), pineapple grass, Wangli grass (Quanzhou materia medica), leigongchucao (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it's the whole plant of the Verbenaceae.

[plant morphology] kongjiangteng

Annual creeping herb, 15-90 cm long. Stems branched, coarsely hairy, rooting on nodes. Leaves opposite; subsessile; obovate, 1-2.5 cm long, apex obtuse or rounded, base cuneate, margin incised above middle. Spikes ovate or cylindrical, very dense, 1-2.5 cm long, 6 mm wide; peduncle erect, axillary, 2-6 cm long; bracts ovate or obovate; calyx small, 2-lobed; corolla about 3 mm long, pink, tube weak, limb 2-lipped, expanded; stamens 4, 2-long, 2-Short, concealed, inserted in the middle of corolla tube; ovary 2-locular. The fruit is less than 2 mm in diameter. The flowering period is from summer to winter.

Born at the edge of the field, embankment. Distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] harvested in summer and autumn, fresh or dried.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains flavonoid components such as konjac vine, β - sitosterol glucoside and stigmasterol glucoside. It also contains kongding A and kongding B.

[nature and taste] 1. Quanzhou materia medica: "it is sour, sweet, slightly bitter, cold and non-toxic. "

② Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter, pungent, flat. "

[Guijing] Quanzhou materia medica: "entering the lung, heart and small intestine. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, clearing heat, detumescence and detoxification. It is used to treat sore throat, milk moth, carbuncle, swollen poison, dysentery, gonorrhea, chancre and herpes zoster.

① Pharmacology of Chinese medicine: "detumescence and pain relief. Oral administration for dysmenorrhea and gonorrhea. "

② Quanzhou materia medica: "clearing away heat, dispelling wind, detoxifying. Treatment of carbuncle, swelling, sore throat, heat dysentery, mad dog bite and other syndromes. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, fresh 1-2 Liang, or mashed juice. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of sore throat or single and double throat moths: take fresh Penglai herb one or two times, mash the juice and take it orally, and take it again the next day if the disease is serious.

② Treatment of carbuncle, swelling and poison: fresh Penglai grass and rice grains tamped on the affected area.

③ Cure mad dog bite: fresh Penglai grass two Liang. Mash the wine soaked clothes and apply the dregs to the affected area, with the degree of healing. (1) Quanzhou materia medica

④ Cure chancre: fresh cross river vine 2 liang, duck egg 1. Stewed in water.

⑤ Treatment of angle of mouth: add a little black sugar to fresh kongjiangteng and mash it for external application.

⑥ Treatment of herpes zoster: fresh kongjiangteng mashed juice, adjust some realgar at the end of the application of the affected area.

⑦ Cure dysentery: fresh cross river vine four Liang. Fried in water; or mashed juice, sugar or honey warm. (4) Fujian Chinese herbal medicine is published below.)