Anise

Anise

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

[synonym] Labai (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the root (whole herb or seed of Tibetan medicine) of Illicium vulgare.

[plant morphology] anise

Herbs perennial, 10-17 cm high, glabrous except inflorescence. The root is thick and long, dense and fibrous. The basal leaves are mostly oblong, 3-9 cm long, 3-pinnately divided, and the final lobes are strip-shaped, 5-10 mm long, 1 mm wide, margin inflexed; the petiole is 2-8 cm long, base sheathed. Scapes many, sometimes branched; compound umbels terminal; involucre many, strip, about 1 cm long; umbrella more than 10-20, 1.5-3 cm long; small involucre many, strip, 3-5 mm long; pedicel many, about 2 mm long; flowers white; petals obovate, apex 2-lobed, base contracted, middle concave, with inflexed tongue; calyx teeth obvious, persistent in fruit, sepals involute Ovary hairy, style extra long, as long as fruit or slightly longer. Suspensory fruit oblong ovate, 4-5 mm long, with sparse hairs, apex slightly contracted, fruit edge filiform, slightly raised.

Born in the crevice of the rock on the top of the mountain. Distributed in Liaoning, Shandong, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] from August to September, the roots were dug, cleaned, sliced and dried.

[flavor] sweet and spicy, warm.

[channel tropism] into the spleen, stomach and large intestine.

Functions and indications: warm the middle and disperse cold, expel wind and lower Qi, activate blood circulation and relieve pain, strengthen stomach and stop dysentery. Treatment of abdominal distension, enteritis, dysentery.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 yuan; or powder.