Sanxiaocao

Sanxiaocao

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[alias] crab flower (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Trifolium repens.

[plant morphology] Trifolium repens

Perennial herbs. Stems prostrate, tendril, glabrous. Leaves with 3 leaflets, alternate; leaflets obovate or obcordate, 1.5-3 cm long, apex rounded or emarginate, base broadly cuneate, margin denticulate; stipules very small, ovate lanceolate, apex pointed; petiole long. Leaves and inflorescences grow from nodes; florets 10-80, integrated into umbelliform globular inflorescence, with long peduncle, 20-30 cm long, higher than leaves; calyx teeth 5, equal length; corolla butterfly shaped, white water red or yellow white; stamens 10, 2 bundles; style filiform, stigma inclined. Pods obovate, rectangular, containing 3-4 seeds. The seeds are small and yellowish brown. The flowering period is June.

Cultivated in Northeast China and Jiangsu, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and slightly sweet in taste.

Functions and indications: clearing heat and cooling blood. Treatment of epilepsy.

[selection] ① treatment of epilepsy (nervous disorder): sanxiaocao (one or two herbs) is taken in boiling water, and the patient's forehead is covered with five pieces of cashmere to make the patient sober.

② Treatment of hemorrhoids bleeding: sanxiaocao one or two, wine, water half fried. (nature and taste of Guizhou folk medicine)