Patrinia villosa

Patrinia villosa

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] white cohosh (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Patrinia angustifolia.

Patrinia angustifolia

Perennial herbs, 50-100 cm high. Stem erect, upper branched. Leaves opposite; basal leaves usually 3-lobed, or undivided; apical lobes ovate long elliptic, 6-9 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, apex long pointed, base narrow into petiole, margin serrate; upper leaves lanceolate, 4-6 cm long, entire, both ends narrow pointed. Cymes integrated into corymbose panicles; flowers yellow, pedicels and petioles with short hairs. Fruit obovate, 2-3 mm long, pubescent. The flowering period is from August to September.

Born on the side of the mountain road. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and other places.

The whole grass with roots of this plant is sometimes used as a medicine for Patrinia villosa in a few areas.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "pungent, warm. "

[function indications] dispel cold and dry dampness. Treatment of cold, cold, malaria, enteritis.

① "The list of medicine and plants in Guangxi": treating malaria. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "it can disperse cold, dry dampness and regulate qi. Treatment of cold, enteritis, children Yin contraction. "

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

[selection] 1. To cure wind cold: Patrinia villosa. Take it in water.

② Treatment of enteritis, diarrhea: Patrinia angustifolia. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of children Yin shrink: narrow leaf Patrinia sauce three money, fennel root three money. Take it in water. (Guizhou herbal medicine was selected)