Brick seedling

Brick seedling

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] mamaji (Tibetan name).

[source] the whole plant of Cyperaceae.

[plant morphology] dense panicle brick seedling

Herbaceous, stout, erect, glabrous, perennial. Culms sparsely tufted, 20-60 cm high, acute triangular, base inflated. Leaves shorter than culm, linear lanceolate, 0.3-0.5cm wide, apex acuminate, lower part often folded, upper green, lower light green, sheath brown or reddish brown. Under the inflorescence, there are 5-8 leaflike bracts, green, slightly spongy, usually longer than the inflorescence; the long lateral branch cyme is simple, with 6-12 or more radial branches, varying in length; the spike is cylindrical or oblong, with many dense spikelets, the spikelets are flat or slightly pendulous, linear lanceolate, most of which gather at the top of the petiole to form a radial round head inflorescence; the scales are membranous, Pale yellow or greenish white. Nuts narrowly oblong or triangular. The heading stage is summer and autumn.

Most of them grow in fields and hillside grass. Distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.

[collection] harvest from July to September.

[nature and taste] it is mild in nature, bitter and pungent in taste.

Functions and indications: relieving cough and resolving phlegm, dispersing lung and relieving exterior. It can cure cold, cough and phlegm.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.