Herba Gentianae

Herba Gentianae

(classified herbal medicine)

[synonym] Jinpen (classified herbal medicine), qingyudancao and shuilingzhi (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan).

[source] it is the whole plant of Gentianaceae.

[plant morphology] Herba cholangiae

Herbs perennial, all smooth. The roots are yellow or yellowish brown, slightly divergent, with few fibrous roots. Stem base more branched, slender, not obvious square, with four longitudinal edges. Leaf blade linear or linear lanceolate, 1-4 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, apex pointed or slightly obtuse, margin slightly retrorse, both sides green. Cymose panicle, pedicel slender, 1.5-4.5 cm long; sepals 4, linear lanceolate; petals 4, ovate or ovate lanceolate, sky blue or lavender, inner base with 2 glands, long hairs around glands; stamens 4. Capsule elliptic. The seeds are numerous.

It is found in the humid part of the gully in the hilly area. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "it is cool in nature and bitter in taste. "

[functions and indications] 1. Classified herbal medicine: treating fire drenching. Apply sore. "

② Common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "clearing lung heat, killing insects. Treatment of jaundice, throat swelling, scabies. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 0.5 ~ 2 yuan. External use: tamping.