Afternoon Vanilla

Afternoon Vanilla

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Cyperus.

[source] it is the whole grass of the Compositae plant Kunming Xiangqing.

[plant morphology] Xiangqing, Kunming

Perennial herbs, 30-50 cm high, all densely white woolly. Single leaf alternate, banded lanceolate, apex long acuminate; base embracing stem, entire. Head arranged into a small corymb, flowers all tubular, involucral bracts in series, usually white. Achenes small, oblong, 1-row, spiny.

It grows in the grass under the sparse forest.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

[function indications] it can relieve inflammation and pain, strengthen stomach and promote qi. Treatment of tonsillitis, acute gastroenteritis, cystitis, urethritis, infantile malnutrition.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-4 yuan.

[selected formula] for infantile malnutrition: one coin of vanilla in the afternoon and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Take it in water.