Wuweicao

Wuweicao

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonyms] dijinmiao (famine relief materia medica), jingouruyi (South Yunnan materia medica), shuijingouruyi (Kunming medicinal plant investigation report), zicocoon (South Yunnan materia medica).

[source] it is the whole herb of wuweicao, a Papaveraceae plant.

[plant morphology] wuweicao

Annual herbs. The taproot is conical. Stem erect, 25-50 cm high, smooth, glabrous, slender. The petioles of the root leaves are 25 cm long and the petioles of the stem leaves are 1-10 cm long; the leaflets are membranous and deeply 3-lobed. The lobes are elliptic ovate, apex acute or obtuse, base broadly cuneate; the underside is covered with white powdery frost. Raceme terminal, with 10-15 flowers; petiole 5-15 mm long; bract at base, upper bract spoon obovate, entire or 3-lobed, gradually leafy downward; flowers purplish violet, 20-23 mm long; sepals 2, ovate, margin with shallow cuspidate, caducous; petals 4, winged on spine, base slightly healed, upper 1 oblique funnel-shaped, with long cylindrical spur, slightly bent down, with 1 yellow spur Color finger nectary; 1 spatulate below; 2 lateral, obovate, clawed; 2 stamens, 3 in each bundle; pistil linear, stigma flat, margin with 8 protuberances, persistent. Capsule long horny, 2.5 cm long, all with slender protuberances. Seeds black, reniform to rounded. The flowering period is from April to July.

It grows in the shady wasteland. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] harvest from June to July.

[nature and taste] 1. Saving famine materia medica: "it tastes bitter. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "it has five flavors and slightly cold nature. "

[function indications] "Diannan Materia Medica": "dispel wind, brighten eyes and remove the haze. Cold and heat dispelling powder of lung, cough and heat dispelling powder of wind and labor. Walking the tendons and collaterals, treating the pain of tendons and bones, phlegm fire and other diseases. "

[selected prescription] for the treatment of Yuyi, wuweicao, gujingcao, Equisetum and Celosia argentea. Fried soup. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)