Salvia miltiorrhiza

Salvia miltiorrhiza

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] wushacao (the list of medicinal plants in Guangxi).

[source] it is the whole plant of huguancao, a Labiatae plant.

[plant morphology] huguancao

Herbs perennial, ca. 30 cm tall. The stem is prostrate, with 3-4 branches clustered at the base, square, slightly tomentose. Single leaf opposite, sometimes 3-foliolate compound leaf; leaf blade elliptic, 1.3-2 cm long, margin with small round teeth, green above, light green below, petiole and vein covered with white tomentose; basal petiole long. Raceme terminal or in upper leaf axils; sepals 4, united into a tube, apex obtuse; corolla lip shaped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 2; ovary superior, 2 carpels connate. Nutlets 4, elliptic, slightly triangular, enclosed in the calyx. The flowering period is from March to April.

He was born in the sun in the mountains. Distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang and other places.

[collection] the whole grass was collected in summer and autumn and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] Sichuan common Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter, flat. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of Guangxi medicinal plants, it can be used to treat Sha and spider sores. "

② Common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "clearing lung heat, stopping hematemesis. Treatment of wind heat cough, phlegm, asthma and hematemesis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or stewed meat.