May frost

May frost

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

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

[plant morphology] Xiangqing

Herbaceous perennial, 10-13 cm high, glandular or villous. It has roots. The stem is unbranched. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 2-4 cm long, apex obtuse, base tapering, decurrent. The female corolla is slender, 5-lobed, purple; ovary is long cylindrical, base is pointed, oblique; corolla and corolla are the same length, white.

It grows on the grass slope or the top of the mountain. Distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other places.

[collection] harvest in June and dry in the shade.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and cool.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, killing insects. For the treatment of uterine inflammation and Trichomonas vaginalis.

[selection] for the treatment of cervicitis and Trichomonas vaginalis: three coins of May frost, two coins of wheat bran and two coins of mutton. Fried soup.