Xiaomi Chai

Xiaomi Chai

(Guizhou folk medicine)

Another name: niushichai, xiaodouchai, liangziyao (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the branches and leaves of the Rhododendron family.

[plant morphology] Xiaomi Chai

Shrubs, many branched. Leaves alternate, oblong or obovate oblong, 1.5-7 cm long, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, entire, leathery, smooth above, scattered pubescent below; petiolate. Raceme axillary, 3-8 cm long; several leaflets at the base, elliptic; calyx 5-lobed; corolla white, bell shaped, 5-lobed, lobes retroflexed; stamen 10, anther without awned appendage, apical pore split; ovary superior, subglobose; capsule, many seeds.

Born in shrubbery.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] it is warm in nature, astringent and slightly acidic in taste.

[function indications] it is used to treat skin sores and poisons.

[selection] 1. Treatment of scabies and ulcers: Xiaomi Chai Decoction and water washing.

② Treatment of scabies itching: millet chaiye rub down, rub the affected area. (the following is Guizhou folk medicine)

③ Treatment of leprosy: millet firewood, Sparganium, cow dung tree each half a Jin. Tamping, frying and washing. (Guizhou herbal medicine)