Elsholtzia macrophylla

Big leaf

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine formula)

[synonym] rabdosia rubra (plant list of Guangxi).

[source] it is the whole plant of the family Labiatae.

[plant morphology] Mosla laxiflora

One year old erect, 20-62 cm high. Stem square, pubescent downward. Leaves opposite, ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate and entire, margin acutely serrate, both sides with golden glandular dots, petiole long. Flower ring integrated into interrupted racemes, terminal; bracts, sessile, bracts longer than petiole, ovate lanceolate to ovate, apex acuminate, villous below and on margin; calyx campanulate, 6-toothed; corolla small, lip short, reddish or red. Nutlets globose, smooth or reticulate.

It grows on roadsides, ditches, streams and hillsides. It is distributed in the middle and south of China.

[nature and taste] commonly used Chinese herbal medicine formula: "bitter, slightly pungent, mild and mild."

[functions and indications] ① common Chinese herbal medicine formula: "dispel wind and smooth Qi, warm and relieve pain. The treatment of heat, abdominal distension, Sha Qi pain, hemorrhoids and fistula under the blood. External use of insecticide. Treatment of eczema, wind itching, trichomonal vaginitis. "

② List of plants in Guangxi: "dispelling cold, dispelling wind and relieving itching". Treatment of cold, fever, skin eczema, pruritus, heat rash. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of cold: Elsholtzia macrophylla, three coins for each, two coins for each, two onions for four seasons, fried in water.

② Treatment of heat, vomiting, headache and abdominal pain: Elsholtzia macrophylla, < U > < / u > each three money, five money. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids swelling and pain: fresh Elsholtzia, fresh white flower, fresh silkworm. Mash and apply to the affected area.

④ Treatment of vaginal itching: Elsholtzia macrophylla, each two, boiling water two Jin, rinse vagina.

⑤ Treatment of skin eczema: fresh big leaves of grape, fresh, fresh and fresh leaves of Zhimu, mashed together, grinded juice and applied externally. (the formula of common Chinese herbal medicine is selected) < fontcolor = ##? > < / font >