A pillar of incense

A pillar of incense

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[alias] Eupatorium odoratum (Guangxi plant list).

[source] it is the whole plant of Rubiaceae.

[plant morphology] yizhuxiang

Vegetation, 20-40 cm high. Leaves opposite, leaf blade ovate or oblong to ovate lanceolate, ca. 4 cm long and 1.8 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire; stipules connate, inserted between petioles, ovate, margin villous. Inflorescence terminal; pedicel ca. 5 mm; flowers white, ca. 3.5 mm; sepals 4-lobed, lobes triangular lanceolate; corolla connate, 4-lobed, endophytic pilose; stamens 4, inserted on corolla; ovary inferior, 2-locular, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule, many seeds.

Born on hillside grassland.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

It is cool in nature and pungent in taste.

[function indications] clearing heat and dispersing depression.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of eye redness and swelling: one column fragrant, one or two, fried water smoked eyes. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment of unknown swelling poison: a column of incense appropriate amount, pound velvet applied to the affected area. (Guizhou herbal medicine)