Zhulingcao

Zhulingcao

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the whole plant of Gentianaceae.

[plant morphology] Gentiana qinlingensis

Perennial herbs, about 30 cm high. The stem is erect, thin green, and yellow. The leaves are linear lanceolate, about 3 cm long and 3 mm wide, apex obtuse, base slightly narrow and embracing, leaf surface green, main veins obvious. Cymes terminal or axillary, often 2-3-flowered, sparsely solitary; calyx base connected into a tube, apex 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, slightly retroflexed; corolla yellow, mixed with green dots, campanulate fold, apex 5-toothed, lobes between only 1 shallow tooth accessory lobe; stamen 5; ovary superior. Capsule ovate, dehiscent into 2 petals. The seeds are small, many, light brown, densely hairy. It blooms in summer.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

Bitter and smooth.

Functions and indications: regulating menstruation and activating blood circulation, clearing heat and improving eyesight, and promoting urination. Treatment of irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dizziness, insomnia, adverse urination, gonorrhea, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 yuan; or grinding powder.

[prescription selection] ① dysentery, abdominal pain and bad urination: zhulingcao and hongshier are two yuan each, cinnabar is seventy-three yuan, and taiqianghuo is one yuan. Fry the medicine well, add one or two fragrant oil and a little red and white sugar, cool a little, and then take Taibai rice for five to six minutes.

② Treatment of irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea: zhulingcao two Liang. At the end of the study. Two money each time, twice a day, yellow rice wine.