Herb of Fanshaped

Herb of Fanshaped

(Quanzhou materia medica)

[alias] Cyperus.

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Cyperaceae.

[plant morphology] windmill

It is a perennial, strong and clustered herb with thick roots, short stems and hard fibrous roots. Culm 30-150 cm high, nearly cylindrical, base covered with leafless sheath, sheath brown. Bracts 20, about 2 times longer than inflorescence, 2-11 mm wide, spreading. The first radiation branch is 7 cm long, the second radiation branch is 15 cm long; the spikelets are elliptic or oblong lanceolate, 3-8 mm long, compressed, with 6-26 flowers, scales closely imbricate arrangement, membranous, ovate, about 2 mm long, with 3-5 veins; stamens are 3, anthers are linear, apex with setiform appendages; styles are short, stigmas are 3. Nutlets elliptic, nearly triangular, 1 / 3 of scales long, brown. The heading stage is winter and spring.

It grows in forests, grasslands, lakes, marshes on the edge of rivers, or in pools. It is widely cultivated in China.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] sour, sweet, slightly bitter, cool, non-toxic.

[function indications] it can promote qi and blood circulation, remove heat and detoxify. It can cure the pain caused by blood stasis and snakebite.

[prescription selection] ① for postpartum abdominal pain due to lower blood: add two liang of fresh Jiulong Tuzhu, stir fry it with wine in the pot, then spray and stir fry it until it is slightly burnt, and take it with a handful of rice.

② Treatment of snake and insect bites: dry Jiulong, spit four liang of beads, soak twenty liang of wine (available for two weeks). Take medicine to wipe the wound and take a small cup of the wine.