White bone

White bone

(Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] yulongpan, wuguqima, Yugeng (baicaojing), yujiangu, yuqiancao, qilinacao, yulianhuan (compendium of Materia Medica), Jiegudan, jiegucao, houhouhoujiegen, Jinbuhuan (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine), rubber grass (Jiangxi herbal medicine).

[source] it is the rhizome or whole grass of asida minor.

[plant morphology] little asida

Herbs perennial, 70 cm tall. Underground stem white, brittle, with square, white mucus. Stems square, branched, all glabrous and smooth. Leaves opposite, ovate, lanceolate to elliptic, 5-10 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, apex acuminate to caudate acuminate, base cuneate to suborbicular, often downward to petiole, margin inconspicuous serrate. Inflorescence terminal, bracts lanceolate; inflorescence main stem and petiole and flowers are densely covered with purplish purple long stalked glandular hairs; flowers 3.3 cm long, light purplish red; calyx bell shaped, deep 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate; corolla funnel-shaped, apex 5-lobed, lobes semielliptic; stamens 4, inserted at the base of tube, not beyond the tube, anthers stick shaped, filaments shorter and smooth than anthers; pistils 2.7 cm long The style is white and smooth, stigma slightly bifurcate, nearly capitate, ovary 2-locular. It blooms in summer and autumn.

He was born in the shady mountain area. It is distributed from southeast to southwest of China.

[collection] the whole grass and rhizome were collected in summer and autumn.

[flavor] sweet and light, flat.

① "Gangmu Shiyi": "the taste is sweet and light. "

② "Zhejiang folk herbal medicine" is "mild in taste and flat in nature. "

[Guijing] "Gangmu Shiyi": "blood points of entering lung meridian. "

Functions and indications: stop bleeding, remove blood stasis, clear away heat and detoxify. Treatment of hematemesis, hematochezia, traumatic bleeding, sprain, furuncle, sore throat.

① "Gangmu Shiyi": "root: treatment of hematemesis, intestinal red blood, injury. "

② Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "removing blood stasis. Treat tetanus. "

③ Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "clearing away heat and toxin, promoting blood circulation and hemostasis. Treatment of traumatic bleeding, sprain, furuncle, lower limb ulcer, ascites, tuberculosis. "

④ "Hemostasis, bone grafting" in Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine. Treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan (fresh root 1-2 Liang); or grind powder. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.

[selection] ① treatment of traumatic bleeding: the rhizome of Sambucus Alba or the whole grass is smashed and applied externally. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

② Treatment of wound bleeding: dried whole herb or root of Sambucus williamsii, ground, add a little, spread and apply to the wound. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Replantation of severed fingers: fresh white Jiegu whole grass plus mashed external application, and then bandaged and fixed. Change the dressing once a day. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

④ Treatment sprain: white Jiegu rhizome, yellow, wheat flour each equal amount, add salt mash, package application wound. Or white Jiegu root plus capsule root equal amount, mash external application, change once a day. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

⑤ Treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: white Jiegu rhizome or whole grass research powder. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment of furuncle, lower limb ulcer: baijiegu whole grass plus appropriate amount of sugar, mash external application.

⑦ Treatment of tuberculosis: fresh white Jiegu rhizome two liang, decoction.

⑧ Treatment of ascites: fresh white jiegugen one or two, decoction.

⑨ Treatment of diabetes: one or two pieces of baijiegu, five pieces of yuanbaocao, five pieces of horseshoe gold and five pieces of Jue bed. Decoction, even more than ten doses.

⑩ Treatment of sore throat: white Jiegu rhizome, wild each one or two, with wooden mash, gargle throat wringing juice, take two to three times. (6) common folk herbs in Zhejiang Province