Broomcorn millet

Broomcorn millet

(Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] bony grass, Fengtai grass, daguancao, Verbena.

[source] it is the whole grass of broomcorn.

[plant morphology] broomcorn millet

Perennial herbs, 50-100 cm high. The rhizome is prostrate. Culms erect, slightly stiff, with many nodes. Leaves alternate, flat; linear lanceolate, 5-25 cm long, 2.5-5 mm wide, nearly leathery, veins parallel, leaf margin rolled when dry, base with sheath, sheath and leaf surface hairy, leaf back smooth. Panicle spreading, 10-20 cm long; branches ascending obliquely, rough; spikelets oblong, about 3 mm long, apex short pointed, petiolate; first glume white, transparent, truncate or broadly triangular, about 1 / 4 of spikelets, veins indistinct; second ovate, apex short pointed, with 7 veins; spikelets with 2 florets, dorsal abdomen compressed; first floret male, lemma oblong, with 9 veins The second floret is bisexual, lemma oblong, apex short pointed, thinly leathery, dorsal arcuate, margin slightly wide and involute, enclosing palea; stamens 3, filaments slender; pistil 1, ovary 1-locular, with 1 ovule, stigma pinnate. Caryopsis. It has ears in summer and autumn.

Born in wilderness, valley, wetland or stream. Distributed in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian and other places.

The rhizome and root of this plant (Broomcorn Millet Root) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, fresh or dried in the sun.

[flavor] slightly sweet and bitter, flat.

It has the function of clearing away dampness and detoxification. Treatment of drenching and turbid, damp heat with the next.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 Liang.