Junjin grass

Junjin grass

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] Longshu, Yansong (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine), xiaoshanlan (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] the whole plant of Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodium selaginellum.

[plant morphology] Lycopodium selaginellum

Perennial herbs, 10-30 cm high. Stem erect or oblique, dichotomous branched. Leaf blade spirally inserted; linear lanceolate, apex acuminate, margin sometimes sparsely toothed or entire, hard; bud bud often occurs in axil of upper part of branching stick. There is no obvious sporangium spike; the sporangium is located in the leaf axils above the middle part of the stem, broad kidney shaped, wider than or equal to the sporophyll.

In Alpine coniferous forest or coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Northeast China.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, dried in the shade or fresh.

[nature and taste] 1. Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter in taste, flat in nature. "

② Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter taste, cool nature. "

[functions and indications] 1. Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "stop bleeding, renew tendons. Treatment of trauma and bleeding. "

② Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine: "disperse wind and blood, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatism and pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: decocting, washing, grinding or tamping.

[selected formula] for urticaria: appropriate amount of Longshu, fried water to wash the affected area. (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine)