Pyrophyllum repens

Pyrophyllum repens

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonyms] Najia, baibeiai, huomenai, dayeyai, manshanxiang (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), dayeizihuocao (Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of Senecio scandens.

[plant morphology] Senecio scandens

Subshrub, about 1.5m high, covered with white hairs. Stem white, erect. Simple leaves alternate, obovate or elliptic lanceolate, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, below densely covered with white hairs; petiole ca. 1 cm long, white, hairy. Raceme axillary or terminal; flowers golden yellow, petals about 8 mm long, with more white hairs; stamens 5; ovary glabrous. Achene cylindrical, angulate, corolla white, harder.

It grows along the hillside forest, in the wasteland bush. It is distributed in Southwest China.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, wash and dry.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines of Simao in Yunnan Province: "the nature is flat and the taste is light. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, clearing heat and diuresis. Treatment of cold, fever, bronchitis, asthma, nephritis, edema, acute cystitis.

① The whole plant: dispelling wind, warming stomach, eliminating sores and poisons. Treatment of knife wounds, abdominal pain, diarrhea, asthma. "

② "Selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Simao of Yunnan Province": clearing away heat, dispersing, relieving asthma, expelling insects. Treatment of cold, high fever, hematuria, nephritis, edema, trachea, bronchitis, asthma, Ascaris. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

[selected formula] acute cystitis: white leaf fire grass root, with, monkey back towel, Cordyceps. Take it in water. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)