Cicadella diffusa

Cicadella diffusa

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] huoshangye, Capsicum (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), sanxuedan, Douban Qi, sanxuedan, shimaicai (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection), Douban green, hongdouban (Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the whole plant of Piperaceae.

[plant morphology] Empoasca chinensis

Annual succulent herbs. Stem erect or base creeping, branched, pubescent, 10-30 cm high, lower nodes often with adventitious roots. Leaves opposite or 3-4 whorls, membranous, glandular punctate, rhomboid elliptic or obovate, 2-4 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, apex rounded or obtuse, base broadly cuneate or rounded, entire, pubescent on both sides; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long, hairy. Spikes axillary or terminal, single or 2-3 aggregated, 2-10 cm long, glabrous; flowers small, bisexual, sparsely on fleshy inflorescence axis; pedicel hairy, 0.5-1.5 cm long; bracts suborbicular, glandular punctate, shield shaped; stamens 2, with short filaments; ovary obovate, stigma subterminal, hairy. Berry globose, less than 0.5 mm in diam., apex slightly pointed. The flowering period is from April to July and from October to December.

They are often found in valleys, streams or stone crevices under forests. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan.

It is pungent and cool.

① Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "pungent, light, flat. "

② "Selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Simao of Yunnan Province:" it is cool in nature and light in taste. "

[functions and indications] 1. Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "removing blood stasis, dispersing nodules, anti-cancer. Treatment of gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer. "

② "Selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine": "clearing away heat and toxin, removing swelling and stasis, relieving pain and promoting diuresis. It is used to treat traumatic injuries, burns, carbuncle swelling, sores, nephritis, edema, tuberculosis, asthma, tracheobronchitis, lung heat and cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or soaking in wine. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] for bronchitis, lung heat and cough: sanxuedan, shixiantao, Baiji, decoction. (selected Chinese herbal medicine of Yunnan ensmao)