Herba siegesbeckii

Herba siegesbeckii

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] Lu Zhu (the book of songs), Wang Chu (the biography of Mao Shi), Huang Cao (Wupu materia medica), Zuo, Lu Jiaosha (Erya Guo Pu Zhu), Lu zucao (Tang materia medica), Yao Zhu, Mao Zhu (Guangzhou flora), ma er Cao (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass of the gramineous plant Polygonum odoratum.

[plant morphology] Herba Siegesbeckiae

Annual herbs. The culm is thin and weak, glabrous, the base is inclined, 30-45 cm high, many nodes, often branched, and the nodes at the base are easy to take root after being soiled. Leaf sheaths shorter than internodes, with short verrucous hairs; ligule membranous, margin ciliate; leaf blade ovate lanceolate, 2-4cm long, 8-15mm wide, base star heart-shaped embracing stem, glabrous except lower margin ciliate. Raceme slender, 1.5-3 cm long, 2-10, finger like arrangement or clustered at the top of stem; petiolate spikelets degenerate, only short petiole; sessile spikelets 4-4.5 mm long, ovate lanceolate, grayish green or purplish; the first glume has 7-9 veins, apex obtuse; the second glume is as long as the first glume, navicular, with 9 veins, and the veins on both sides are not obvious, apex pointed; the first lemma is oblong, apex pointed, long It is about 2 / 3 of the first glume; the second lemma is as long as the first lemma, with a curved awn protruding near the base; stamens 2, anthers yellow or purple, 0.7-1 mm long. Caryopsis oblong, several as long as lemma. The flowering and fruiting period is from August to October.

It grows on hillsides, grasslands and wet places. It's distributed all over the country.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[chemical constituents] the leaves and stems contain aconitic acid, luteolin, luteolin-7-glucoside and orientin.

[Xing Wei] 1. Ben Jing: "it tastes bitter and flat. "

② Bielu: "non toxic. "

Functions and indications: relieving cough, relieving asthma and killing insects.

① Ben Jing: "it is mainly used for coughing for a long time, asthmatic, cold, palpitation, scab scabies, white baldness, picking Qi, killing skin insects. "

② "Treatise on medicinal properties": "cure all sores. "

③ Jilin Chinese herbal medicine: "dispelling cold and relieving asthma. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-4 yuan. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[taboo] notes to the classic of materia medica: "women afraid of rats. "

[selection] 1. To treat asthma and upper Qi: Radix auriculariae and Radix Polygoni Multiflori. Fried in water, twice a day. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of malignant scabies: mash and apply the fungus on the affected area. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)