White cohosh

white

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Delphinium bracteatum, a Ranunculaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Delphinium micranthum

Perennial herbs. Roots thick, divergent, slightly curved, dark brown, with long fibrous roots. Stem erect, densely covered with inverted White coarse hairs. The leaves are alternate, ovate or suborbicular, palmately 5-lobed, lobes then shallowly split into many lobes, with dense white hairs on both sides; the petiole at the base of stem is 18-26 cm long, with longitudinal edges, densely covered with inverted white hairs. Raceme long and narrow; bracteoles lanceolate; sepals 5, purplish blue, elliptic, spur subulate; staminodes 2, petals blue, 2-lobed, with white beard; stamens numerous, carpels 3. Seeds densely squamous with transverse wings.

Born in the mountains and forests. Distributed in Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

It is pungent and cool.

[function indications] clearing away heat, relieving exterior and Promoting Yang.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of headache due to wind heat: five bucks each for Rhizoma Cimicifugae, Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae and Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae. Simmer water clothes, three times a day.

② Treatment of diarrhea: white cohosh, stone, spend five money each. Simmer water clothes.