Saussurea involucrata

Saussurea involucrata

(collection of compendium)

[synonyms] Saussurea involucrata (records of northwest regions), camphor flower (compendium of Chinese Medicine), big thumb flower (revision and supplement of Tianbao materia medica), big wood flower (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant with flowers of Compositae plants such as Saussurea involucrata, Saussurea involucrata and Saussurea medusa.

[plant morphology] 1. Saussurea involucrata

Herbs perennial, all densely white or yellowish villous, 10-25 cm high. The stem is usually hollow, rod-shaped, with brown black leaves at the base. Leaves alternate, dense, sessile, lanceolate or narrowly obovate, 2-10 cm long and 0.5-1.5 cm wide, margin feathered or coarsely toothed, densely covered with white villi. Inflorescences numerous, dense, 15-25 mm long in each inflorescence; involucral bracts narrowly oblanceolate, 12 mm long, 2 mm wide, glabrous, glossy, central herbaceous, margin membranous, with 3 distinct longitudinal veins; flowers bisexual, all tubular, 1 cm long, erect, corolla tube as long as eaves, lobes lanceolate; anther base sagittate; style linear. Achene, ca. 7 mm long, flat, brown, with inconspicuous 4-ridges; 2-layered corolla, outer short, with short hairs, inner pinnate. The flowering period is from June to July.

It grows in high mountains and is mainly distributed in the rock cracks on the beach. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.

② Saussurea involucrata, also known as Xinjiang Saussurea.

Perennial herbs, 10-30 cm high. The stem is stout with many brown filamentous leaves at the base. Leaves dense, sessile, oblanceolate, 10-18 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base clasping stem, margin serrate. Inflorescence terminal, dense; involucral bracts leafy, ovate, multilayer, nearly membranous, white or greenish yellow; flowers brownish purple, all tubular flowers. Achene with white corolla. Spinose. The flowering period is July.

It grows in Alpine crevices, gravels and sandy beaches. It is distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai and Gansu.

③ Saussurea medusa

Perennial herb, 10-20 cm high, densely covered with white woolly hairs. The stem is short and thick. The leaf blade is oval, obovate, sometimes fan-shaped, the edge has a cleft serration, the tooth tip is sharp, the upper leaf is rhombic, lanceolate, and the base extends into a wingstalk or not. The inflorescence is dense, without peduncle, the involucre is spherical, the involucre is 2-3 layers, membranous. Linear oblong, unequal; flowers purple. Achene, 2-layered, grayish white, outer bristly, inner pinnate.

It grows among the gravels of high mountains. Distributed in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.

In addition, there are also Tibetan Saussurea, also known as three finger Saussurea, hairy Saussurea, also used as medicine. The height of Saussurea involucrata is about 15 cm, and the whole plant is densely covered with white long woolly hairs. Leaves dense, pinnately divided, woolly, sessile. Inflorescence terminal, dense; flowers purplish red. It is distributed in Tibet. The height of Saussurea involucrata is 15-25 cm. The whole plant is densely covered with white wool. The leaves are feathery and deeply lobed, green above and densely covered with white woolly hairs below. The head is enclosed in white woolly hairs. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] in June to July, harvest when flowering, pull up the whole plant, remove the sediment, and air dry.

[taste] sweet and bitter, warm (Saussurea involucrata is poisonous).

① In the compendium of compendium, it is said that "sex is very hot. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "warm in nature, light in taste and acid, non-toxic. "

③ "Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual": "taste slightly bitter, hot, toxic. "

④ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet slightly bitter, warm. "

[Guijing] Manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment: "entering liver, spleen and kidney three meridians. "

Functions and indications: remove cold, strengthen Yang, regulate menstruation and stop bleeding. Treatment of impotence, waist and knee weakness, women with collapse, irregular menstruation, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic bleeding.

① "Cold and phlegm removing" in Xiao Gan yuan. "

② "Treatment cutting cold syndrome" in Gangmu Shiyi. In addition, Chen Haishu said: for the treatment of acne, if it doesn't start and is stuffy, put a flap into the decoction. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Chuhan Tanshui drink can strengthen Yang, replenish blood and warm uterus. Treatment of male impotence, irregular menstruation and women with collapse. "

④ "Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual": "Tongjing Huoxue, strong bones, promote uterine contraction. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, women's abdominal pain, amenorrhea, retained placenta, measles impervious, lung cold cough, impotence. "

⑤ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "regulating menstruation, stopping bleeding, treating irregular menstruation, snow blindness, toothache, traumatic bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 cents (2-5 cents of Saussurea involucrata); or soaking in wine. External use: tamping.

[taboo] Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual: "pregnant women should not take it. Excess can cause sweating. "

(1) treatment of impotence: Saussurea involucrata, Cordyceps sinensis, drink in wine. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

② Treatment of women with collapse: snow lotus, moth ginseng, dangshen, stewed chicken to eat. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

3. For rheumatic arthritis, women with cold pain, amenorrhea, and placenta: five yellow wine, 100 ml of Baijiu or rice wine, seven days. Take 10 ml twice a day. (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual)

④ Cure snow blindness, toothache: snow lotus spend two to four money. Take it raw or fried in water. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: appropriate amount of snow lotus, apply to the affected area. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)