Little arrow grass

Little arrow grass

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] Buddleja tenuifolia (botany Dictionary), Hippeastrum (seed plants of Southern Jiangsu), flagelliforme bulbifera (taxonomy of seed plants in China).

[source] it is the whole plant of Sedum bulbifera.

[plant morphology] Sedum bulbifolium, also known as Sedum bulbifolium.

Herbs succulent perennial, with or without fruitless branches. Stems erect or slender, rooting at oblique nodes. Single leaf alternate, spoon shaped, long ovate or obovate, 1-2 cm long, apex pointed or obtuse, upper part often with papillae; leaf axils with small spherical scale buds, about 3 mm in diameter. Flowers sessile; sepals 5, broadly oblanceolate, apex papillate, varying in length; petals 6, lanceolate to long ovate, yellow, apex apical; stamens 10; carpels 5, mature carpels 4-6 mm long, base connected. Follicles; seeds oblong, papillary, wingless. The flowering period is from April to May.

On a wet hillside or rock. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Hubei, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Sichuan.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is cool in nature, astringent in taste and non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "dispersing cold and regulating qi. Treatment of cold and heat, malaria, abdominal pain, rheumatic paralysis and pestilence rash. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 4-8 yuan; or soak in wine.

Chinese PinYin : Xiao Jian Cao