Lilac

Lilac

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Xiao Wan Qing, Lan Hua Di Ding (selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), Zi Hua Di Ding (selected Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole herb of Polygala tenuifolia.

[plant morphology] Polygala tenuifolia

Perennial herbs, 10-20 cm high. Taproot conic, stout, yellowish brown, subessential. Stem erect, purplish red, many branched, single leaf alternate, long elliptic, 1-2 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, entire; petiole short. Small racemes terminal or axillary; flowers small, blue purple, symmetrical, one petal at the top was fimbriate. Capsule flat, obovate, ca. 5 mm in diam., apex slightly concave, base with persistent calyx, central longitudinal groove, light green; with 2 seeds. It blooms in early summer.

Born on sunny hillside or wasteland, riverside. It is distributed in Yunnan.

[collection] harvest in autumn and dry in the sun.

[nature and taste] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "bitter, slightly pungent, cold. "

[functions and indications] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "clearing away heat and toxin, dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is used to treat sore, furuncle, carbuncle, infantile bronchitis, pneumonia, stomachache, dysentery, traumatic injury and intercostal neuralgia. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① for pharyngitis, tonsillitis, thromboangiitis and lymphadenitis: Radix Violae 2-3 Qian, decocted. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

② Treatment of sores: appropriate amount of Viola, with brown sugar tamped on the affected part. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)