Canary

Canary

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] Maomao grass (medicinal plant in desert area of China), Feima grass and spear grass (name of seed plant).

[source] it is the whole grass of Choerospondias odorata.

[plant morphology] stinky grass

Perennial herbs, 30-70 cm high. The root is thin and weak, dense, and the base is often densely tillered. Culms erect, tufted, or base geniculate. The leaf sheath is smooth or slightly rough, the upper part is shorter than the internodes, and the lower part is longer than the internodes; the ligule is hyaline membranous, 1-3 mm long, tearing at the top and extending downward on both sides; the leaf blade is thin, 6-15 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, often folded, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Panicle narrow long, erect, 8-15 cm long, about 1 cm wide, with dense spikelets, about 5 mm long, usually with 2 pregnant florets, light green or creamy color, top by several sterile lemma into a small ball; glumes several equal length, membranous. Spikelet petiole short, slender, often curved. Yingguo brown, shiny, fusiform, ca. 1. 5 mm. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows on sandy land, mountain or barren field with high groundwater level. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer.

"Medicinal plants in desert of China". "

[functions and indications] medicinal plants in desert areas of China: "benefit water, relieve drenching and clear away heat. Treatment of urinary tract infection, nephritis edema, cold fever, jaundice hepatitis, diabetes. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.