On the way out

On the way out

(Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] Cymbidium, Lysimachia styracifolium, Amaranthus officinalis, Scutellaria barbata and Campanula obovata.

[source] the whole plant of Verbenaceae.

Plant morphology

Perennial herbs, 35-90 cm high. Xiaoji has downward white pubescence. The petiole is 3-4 mm long. The leaf is simple, opposite, broadly ovoid, 1-3 cm long, 7-25 mm wide, apex obtuse or slightly pointed, base broadly cuneate or truncate, with 3-5 coarse circular serrations on each edge, 5 lateral veins, pubescence and golden glands on both sides. The flowers are blue purple, solitary in leaf axils; the petiole is slender, with a pair of short linear bracteoles in the middle and upper parts; the calyx has a short tube, with pubescence and golden yellow glands outside, 5-lobed, lobes ovate; the Corolla is 4-lobed. The pistil is 1, the flower is slender and smooth, the tip is 2-lobed, the ovary is superior, densely pubescent. Capsule, hirsute. The flowering period is April.

Born in mountain and roadside. Distributed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

It is cool in nature and slightly sweet in taste.

Functions and indications: dispelling heat, relieving exterior heat, diuresis and detoxification. Treatment of heat stroke, cold, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, traumatic bleeding.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of heatstroke: five yuan to one or two yuan, fried in water instead of tea.

② Treatment of common cold: three to five dollars for each of Zanthoxylum, Solidago, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Lonicera japonica. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of urinary tract infection: five money to one or two, Shiwei, Mutong, plantain grass each three money. Take it in water.

④ Treatment of leucorrhea: fresh four Liang. Take it in water.

⑤ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: fresh leaves of Zanthoxylum bungeanum mashed external application.