Iron horse whip

Iron horse whip

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] jinqianteng and yehuacao.

[source] it is the whole grass of the leguminous plant Verbena officinalis.

[plant morphology] Verbena officinalis

The shrub is half brown to 80 cm in length, with thick yellow hair. 3-compound leaves; total petiole 0.5-2 cm long; leaflets broadly elliptic to ovate, 8-20 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, apex rounded or truncate, slightly concave, apiculate, entire. Inflorescence axillary; rachis and peduncle very short; bracteoles lanceolate; calyx deeply 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate; corolla yellow white, flag petal purple spot, obovate, wing petal apex curved, keel petal small, all clawed; apetalous axils forming clusters. Pods ovoid, ca. 3 mm in diameter, surface covered with long white hairs, tip beaked. The flowering period is from June to September. The fruit period is from October to November.

It grows under forest or grass on sunny slope. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and other places.

[function indications] it is used to treat body deficiency, persistent heat, scraping, abdominal pain, edema, carbuncle, and finger sores.

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[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-6 yuan. External use: mash after soaking in wine.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of deficiency and long heat (commonly known as Tali typhoid): one or two iron horse whip, cold twisted root, golden belt (Leguminosae leech), Agrimonia pilosula, tianqingdibaicao (Compositae) each five to six money. Fried in water, once in the morning and once before dinner. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

② Treatment of axillary carbuncle: fresh iron horse whip two, three eggs. Take it in boiling water.

③ Cure dropsy: Iron Verbena whole grass or root, mountain Chagen, white grass root each three to seven money, pork half Jin. Steam for three times.

④ Treatment of Sha disease or abdominal distension and abdominal pain: iron horse whip root or whole grass five money to one or two. Take it in boiling water.

⑤ Treatment of finger rash: after soaking the iron horse whip with wine, pour out the wine and apply it to the affected area. (2) Jiangxi herbal medicine manual is published below.)