Floating grass

Floating grass

(Emei medicine plant)

[source] it is the whole herb of Swertia purpurea, a Gentianaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Swertia purpurea

Annual erect herbs. The height is 30-40 cm. The stem is ribbed and branched. Single leaf opposite, leaf blade lanceolate. Flowers terminal or axillary, purplish red. Capsule elliptic.

Green hillside grassland. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

This product is used in Sichuan Province as Herba cholangiae, please refer to "Herba cholangiae".

[collection] harvest, wash and dry in autumn.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan: "bitter, cold. "

[functions and indications] ① Emei Yaozhi: "treating deafness".

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection": "Qinggan Lidan, dehumidification Qingre. Treatment of acute icteric hepatitis, cholecystitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.