Tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terrestris

(Shandong Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Tribulus terrestris (Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Shandong), Limonium and Mallory (Chinese herbal medicine in Inner Mongolia), daluitiao and Limonium (medicinal plants in desert areas of China).

[source] it is the fruit of Atriplex sibirica, a Chenopodiaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Atriplex Siberia

Annual herb, 20-50 cm high. Stem erect, obtuse, quadrangular, usually branched from base, with white grains; branches obliquely ascending, striated. Leaves alternate, rhomboid ovate, 3-5 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide, apex obtuse, base broadly cuneate, margin usually undulate obtuse serrate, middle pair of teeth larger, lobed, densely powdery below, grayish white; petiole short. The flowers are unisexual; the male flowers have 5 perianth segments and 3-5 stamens; the female flowers have no perianth and are surrounded by 2 connate bracts; the bracts in fruiting stage are swollen, woody, with short spiny protuberances, dentate apical margin, cuneate base and short stalks. Utricles ovate or suborbicular. Seeds erect, reddish brown or yellowish brown, 2-2.5 mm long. The flowering period is from August to September. The fruiting period is October.

It can be found in saline beach, lakeside, riverbank and fixed sand dune, grassland, house and roadside. It is distributed in Northeast, northwest and North China.

[collection] harvest from August to September, cut the whole grass, dry it in the sun, lay down the fruit, grind off the hard thorn and reserve it.

Bitter and smooth.

① Shandong Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, warm. "

② "Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine": "bitter slightly sour salty, flat. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, promoting blood circulation, clearing liver and improving eyesight. Combined with the treatment of skin swelling, itching, itching and itching.

① Shandong Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine: "dispersing wind, improving eyesight. Treatment of conjunctivitis, rubella and pruritus. "

② "Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine": "Qinggan Mingmu, Qufeng Huoxue, detumescence. Treat headache, skin itching, swelling and toxin, milk obstruction. "

③ Medicinal plants in desert areas of China. It can be used to treat blood stasis, headache, cough, skin itching, throat obstruction, sore itching, swelling and toxin. "

[usage and dosage] for internal use: decoction, 1-3 yuan; for external use: boiling and washing.

[prescription selection] ① for headache, dizziness, red eyes, swelling and pain: Tribulus terrestris, Cassia obtusifolia, Celosia argentea, chrysanthemum, fried in water. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

② Treatment of skin itching, urticaria: soft Tribulus terrestris, Kochia each amount, decoction wash. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)