Wings of the black fly

Wings of the black fly

(selected exhibition materials: infectious diseases)

[synonym] shuihuhu, shuibaizu and huanghuaer (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the whole grass of tianjidou, a leguminous plant.

[plant morphology] tianjidou

Annual shrubby herb, 15-90 cm high. The stem is thin and branched. They are pinnately compound; leaflets 8-14, oblong, 3-7 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, apex rounded, bristly short pointed, base obliquely rounded, margin and inferior midrib with small bristles; petioles with small bristles, 3-9 mm long; stipules membranous, decurrent, glabrous. Racemes axillary; petioles short. Bracteoles 2, ovate, persistent, sparsely spinulose; calyx 2, labial, 6-8 mm long, calyx lip acute, entire, sparsely spinulose, after the result, the hair gradually falls off; corolla yellow, flag petal obovate, apex concave, clawless, wing petal shorter than flag petal, rectangular, clawed, keel petal nearly equal to wing petal; stamens 2 groups, 5 in each group. The pod has 4-6 pod nodes, folded and enclosed in the calyx, with small tubercles.

In the field or low humidity. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan and Taiwan.

[function indications] for cough and leptospirosis.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "dispel wind, cough, detumescence. Snake wound, snake wound. "

② "List of Guangxi plants": "treating sore poison, cough and snake injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 Liang (fresh).

[selection] treatment of leptospirosis: two to four liang of the wings of the black fly, Eclipta, and Jinhua, two to two liang of tanggecai, four to eight liang of tiantianxing. Fresh whole grass was used. One dose a day, three to four times, for more than ten days. For those with severe fever and myalgia, add one to two taels of drum rope; for those with little urine and red urine, add one to two taels of Plantago asiatica; for those with weak body and cold, add one or two Paiqian trees. (selected works on infectious diseases)