Water hemp leaf 1

Water hemp leaf

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] xiaomaye (classified herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Urticaceae.

[plant morphology] purple hemp, also known as white water taro hemp, wild hemp, big leaf hemp, big hair leaf hemp and Ziqi hemp.

Shrubs erect, pilose, or nearly bald, up to 1.5 m tall. The stem is ribbed. Leaf blade ovate oblong or ovate lanceolate, 5-12 cm long. It is 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate or caudal, margin serrate, base cuneate, broad cuneate to rounded, light green above, white pubescence or pubescence below; petiole 1-4 cm long, petiole of upper leaves short, only 4-8 mm long; stipules lanceolate, 1 cm long, caducous. Flowers dioecious, forming axillary small capitate clusters; male flower ball nearly sessile, perianth pieces 3, filaments prominent; female flower ball composed of 8-11 florets, with short petiole or nearly sessile, ovary superior, 1-locular, stigma shield shaped, dense with a bunch of long hairs. Achenes ovoid. It blooms in spring. The fruit period is from June to July.

It is found in the valley, in the forest and in the valley.

It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, etc.

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

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

[functions and indications] ① classified herbal medicine: "it can treat traumatic injury and stop bleeding. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat traumatic injuries, penetrating measles and lunar fever. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-4 Liang.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of traumatic injury: water hemp leaf, with Lysimachia christinae, Red Bull vine, Physalis alkekengi stewed wine service.

② Treatment of children measles: water hemp leaves, West River willow, red cowhide. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of moon disease: water hemp leaf, huatou grass, oxtail grass seven, Verbena, Liu jinu. Stewed chicken. (selected prescriptions from Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals)