Brush the grass

Brush the grass

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the whole plant of Salicaceae.

[plant morphology] Salix himalayana

Erect herbs, up to 60 cm tall, branched. The main root is short and thick, and the fibrous root is fine. Stem 2-cylindrical, glabrous, pubescent. Leaves opposite; lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 2-6 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, margin denticulate, base narrower, both surfaces smooth; sessile or nearly sessile. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedunculate; calyx deeply 4-lobed, lobes lanceolate; petals 4-obovate, apex concave; stamens 8, unequal, filaments short, anthers hidden in corolla; ovary inferior, 4-locular, stigma 4-lobed. Capsule slender, up to 6 cm long, about 1.5 mm wide; seeds numerous, small; apex with a bunch of white filiform hairs. It blooms in summer.

Born on sunny or semi shady slopes. It is distributed in Southwest China and Tibet.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is flat in nature, light in taste and non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "for sore throat, cough, hoarseness, wind heat and dizziness. "

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

[clinical application] treatment of diarrhea

Take 3 liang of the whole grass with a brush, chop it, add 1000 ml of water and fry it into 500 ml. Take it three times a day for 2-3 days, and reduce it for children. 34 cases of enteritis were cured, 10 cases of acute bacillary dysentery were cured, 5 cases were cured, 10 cases of simple dyspepsia were cured, 8 cases were cured.