Ragweed

Ragweed

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] earthworm silkworm, winterwort grass, shuisu (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Melastoma latifolia.

[plant morphology] wild manna, also each: Southwest shuisu.

Erect herbs, 25-60 cm high. The whole plant is densely white villous. Stem erect, square, longitudinally sulcate. Single leaf opposite, ovate heart-shaped, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, margin serrate. Flowers axillary or terminal, 2-6 arranged into cymes; Flowers Lavender, 2-lipped, lower lip wider. The fruit consists of four nutlets.

Born in the wet grassland of the wilderness. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, washed and dried.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "salty, slightly bitter, cool. "

[functions and indications] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "anti inflammation, detoxification and pus removal. Treat sores, boils and osteomyelitis with fresh grass. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "root: treat tuberculosis. "