Kan Mao Gen

Kan Mao Gen

(compendium)

[synonym] grasshopper root (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the rhizome of Gramineae.

[plant morphology] Kan (the book of songs), also known as Baihua and yekan (Erya), lingcao (a textual research on the name and reality of plants), grasshopper grass, Jiegu grass and dahongling grass.

Herbs perennial, culms up to 3 m high. With strong roots and fibrous roots. Leaf sheath glabrous; ligule obtuse, apex concave, only ciliate; leaf blade linear. Pseudopanicle large, 1 m long; raceme 17-25 mm long, spathe 2-3.8 cm long, glabrous; lower 2 pairs of male bracteate spikelets 10-15 mm long, glabrous; bisexual spikelets 2-3, 8-9 mm long, awnless or straight awn 6 mm long, basal plate brownish pilose; the first glume leathery, densely brown pilose, the second glume isomorphic with the first glume, back covered Brown pubescence. The flowering and fruiting period is from August to November.

Most of them grow on hillside grassland. It is distributed in southwest, South China and central China.

[nature and taste] 1. In the compendium of Medical Sciences, it is "slightly sweet. "

② Guizhou folk medicine; warm in nature and pungent in taste. "

Functions and indications: relieving exterior, dispersing cold, dispelling wind and dampness, and promoting urination. Treatment of cold, rheumatism, numbness, gonorrhea, edema.

① Summary of Chinese medicine: "stop thirst, benefit urination. It can cure gonorrhea and dredge menstruation. "

② Guizhou folk medicine: "dispersing cold, relieving exterior, connecting bone. Treatment of tuberculosis, rheumatism, numbness, fracture, edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; mash juice or soak wine. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. To cure wind cold and cold: Grasshopper root one or two, iron chopsticks five money. Take it in boiling water.

② Treatment of rheumatism and numbness: Grasshopper root one or two, Heather vine five money, white dragon root three money, wine clothes; also can wipe the affected area.

③ Fracture treatment: Grasshopper grass tender root one or two, stinky grass one or two. Mash with rice wine and stir fry the affected area. (Guizhou folk medicine was selected)