Broken bones

Broken bones

(compendium)

[synonym] Ophiopogon japonicus (Jiangxi herbal medicine).

[source] rhizome and tuberous root of lophatherum gracile. See "light bamboo leaf" for plant morphology.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn and dry in the sun.

Dry rhizome and tuber. The rhizome is cylindrical, connected by nodes, and the upper part of the stem and leaf remains. The surface is rough, brown gray or brown black, and most tuberous roots are clustered around. The intact root tuber is spindle shaped, 1-3cm long, 2-5mm in diameter, with yellowish white to yellowish brown surface and fleshy texture. There are irregular wrinkles. The broken section is yellowish white. It's slightly sweet.

Produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and other places.

[chemical constituents] the rhizome contains arundinace and imperatorin.

Sweet and cold.

① "Gangmu": "sweet, cold, non-toxic. "

② Huixi herbal medicine: "sweet, light, cold. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, diuresis and sliding fetus.

① The compendium of Medical Sciences: "abortion can give birth. "

② "Jiangxi herbal medicine": "clearing away heat and trouble, promoting urination. "

[prescription selection] ① for nephritis: Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens. Take it in water, one dose a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

② Treatment of fever, upset and thirst: Phyllostachys pubescens leaf root or leaf three to five money. Take it in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)