Shujincao

Shujincao

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] Stephania fortunei (records of traditional Chinese medicine in Sichuan), Nepenthes (description of main plants in China? Pteridophytes), Sinomenium sinense and Polygonum sinense (list of plants in Guangxi), gypsophila hanging wall, Gypsophila sinense and lantern hook (new selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi).

[source] it is the whole grass of Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodium chinensis.

[plant morphology] Lithospermum chinense

Perennial climbing herbs, up to 4 m long. In the lower part of the main stem, the leaves are sparse, lanceolate, long and acuminate, membranous and grayish white. The upward leaves are smaller, green, thick leathery, and have an early falling membranous tail. The vegetative branches are mostly round and branched, and the terminal branchlets are slender, drooping, flat, with three rows of leaves. The two rows are larger, one side of the adnexal branchlets is triangular, and the other row is smaller, attached to the center of the other side of the branchlets, spiny. The spore branch is extracted from the bud with scaly leaves on the lower side of the vegetative branch base, with multiple bifurcated branches and one sporangium spike at the top of each terminal branch. Sporangium panicle cylindrical, more or less drooping; sporophyll broad oval triangle; sporangium nearly round. The spores mature in September.

It grows on the edge of forest and shrubs. It is distributed in South China, Southwest China, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian and Taiwan.

The whole grass of Pinus thunbergii is also used as Shujin grass in Sichuan. See the article "dragon crossing the river".

[collection] it can be collected all year round, but the one with sporangia after September is better.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "it is warm in nature, slightly sweet in taste and non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. It can relax tendons and activate blood circulation. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain, injury, muscle pain, irregular menstruation and foot tendon. "

② New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "Shujin Huoluo, Xiaoyan dehumidification. Indications: night blindness, night sweats, rheumatism, low back pain, exogenous fever in children. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang.

[formula selection] 1. To cure the injury of muscles and bones: shujincao combined with pig tendon stew. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of children night sweats: stretch tendons grass, straw, boiled water wash. (new selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi)