Mountain pimp

Mountain pimp

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] Canary flower.

[source] it is the root or whole plant of the leguminous plant Magnolia sichuanensis.

[plant morphology] Indigofera sichuanensis

Small shrub, 1 m high. The young branches are densely covered with white pubescence, then glabrous. The leaflets are opposite, elliptic to obovate, 5-12 mm long, 4-8 mm wide, apex obtuse or concave, with cuspidate, base obtuse or cuneate, entire, with white setae on both sides; petioles very short. Racemes axillary, 5 cm long; flowers butterfly shaped, red. The pod is slender. It blooms in early summer.

Born on hillside and wasteland. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

[collection] it can be harvested, washed, dried or fresh all year round.

[nature and taste] common folk herbs in Kunming: "root: hard and astringent, slightly warm. "

[functions and indications] ① common folk herbs in Kunming: "root: broaden the middle, regulate qi, relieve depression, remove sores and poisons. Treatment of abdominal cold pain, chest and diaphragm inflation, tuberculosis heat, sore poison. "

② Guizhou medicine and plant Catalogue: "whole plant: relieving cough and diuresis. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: grind and apply.