emilia sonchifolia

Yidianhong

[category] whole grass

Emilia herb

[alias] yexiahong, Bauhinia, hongbeiye.

[source] the whole plant of emiliasonchifolia (L.) DC.

[harvest] harvest in summer and autumn, wash and dry in the sun, or cut into fresh sections and dry in the sun.

It is cool in nature and slightly bitter in taste.

[plant morphology] annual herb, 10-50cm high. Stems branched, branches weak, pink green. The leaves are alternate and slightly fleshy. The leaves at the lower part of the stem are ovate and climbing, 4-9cm long. The upper part is smaller and embracing the stem. It is green on the top and purplish red on the bottom. The inflorescence is 1-1.3cm in diameter, with long peduncle and 2-branched branches; the involucre is cylindrical, with 1-layer bracts, about the same length as the corolla; the flowers are tubular, red, bisexual. Achene cylindrical, 5-6 mm long, ribbed, white and soft. The flowering period is from spring to autumn.

[birthplace] in the mountains, roadsides and villages. It is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou and Jiangxi.

[chemical composition] it contains trace hydrocyanic acid, alkaloids and phenols.

[indications] heat clearing and detoxification, anti-inflammatory, diuretic. For enteritis, dysentery, urinary tract infection, upper respiratory tract infection, colitis, oral ulcer, carbuncle.