Rock lettuce

Rock lettuce

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] rust grass, rock loquat.

[source] it is the whole plant of Lactuca sativa.

[plant morphology] Lactuca sativa

Perennial herbs. There are 4-6 root leaves with fleshy petioles, 3-6cm in length; the leaves are ovate or oblong, thick, with irregular shallow serrated edges and white spots below. There is a single flower at the top of the flower stem, or the upper part is divided into two branches, and each branch has a terminal flower. Capsule linear, 3.5 cm long, 2-valved. Seeds spindle shaped, light brown.

Born in the mountains and rocks. It is distributed in Guizhou and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round.

[nature and taste] it is warm in nature and bitter in taste.

Functions and indications: strengthening tendons and bones, tonifying deficiency, relieving cough, promoting muscle growth and hemostasis.

[usage and dosage] for internal use: take it with wine, 3-5 yuan; for external use: tamp and pack it or rub it with wine.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[selection] 1. Treatment of knife wound: the leaves of rock lettuce are beaten down, and the wound is covered, and then it is replaced when it is dry.

② Treatment of labor: rock lettuce four Liang, wine sooner or later service.

③ Cough: rock lettuce three to five money, steamed wine service.

④ Treatment of traumatic injury: rock lettuce, Pyrola, red acid pulp grass, xiantaocao, red Achyranthes each three money. Soak half a catty of wine for three days. Take the wine and take it three times a day for five yuan each time. If you are weak, you can reduce it. In addition, sprinkle the medicine on the affected area.