Jiuguniu

Jiuguniu

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the whole grass of jiukuniu, a Polygonaceae plant.

[plant morphology] jiukuniu

Erect herbs. The stem is hairy. Leaves alternate, oblong, 8-15 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate; stipules sheathlike, membranous. Raceme, panicle arranged, terminal; peduncle red, hairy; bracts sheathed, reddish brown; petals 5, white.

Born in the ditch.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] it is warm in nature, pungent and slightly sweet in taste.

[function indications] Tongjing, treatment of tuberculosis.

[selection] ① irregular menstruation (abdominal distension): jiukuniu three to five money, Pyrola three money. Fried wine clothes.

② Treatment of tuberculosis: Nine withered cattle one or two, Caulis Spatholobi, small Caulis Spatholobi each five money. Wine making clothes.