Underleaf flower

Underleaf flower

(investigation report on medicine and plant in Kunming)

Another name: zhuifengjian (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Compositae.

[plant morphology] white backed rabbit

Herbs perennial, ca. 60 cm tall. The rhizome is short and thick with dense fibrous fibrous roots. Stem obliquely spreading upward, yellowish green, covered with brown tomentose. Single leaf alternate; ovoid or long ovoid, 3-6 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, apex pointed, entire, base shallowly cordate, with brown villi on the vein and margin above and white villi below, but brown villi on the vein and margin below, with 3 main veins. Inflorescence several row into axillary short racemes; flowers white, about 2 cm long; rachis twisted from leaf axil to leaf back, hanging under leaf. Achenes have a corolla. It blooms in autumn.

It grows in wet bush or under sparse forest.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, cleaned, cut into sections and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] 1. Investigation report on medicinal plants in Kunming: "warm, astringent. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, warm, little poison. "

[functions and indications] 1. The investigation report of Kunming Medical Plant: "treating fracture, tuberculosis and injuring muscles and bones. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting qi and blood circulation, removing dampness and relieving pain, connecting muscles and bones. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain, traumatic injury, fracture, amenorrhea, allergic dermatitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan; grind powder or soak wine. External use: tamping.

[taboo] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "pregnant women should not take it. "