Cunninghamia lanceolata

Cunninghamia lanceolata

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] yuezhongfeng, hollow Longma (Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases prescription selection), baishengsha, rigu guoshanlong (Guangxi medicine plant list), xianxiahua (Guangxi plant list).

[source] it is the leaf, root or whole grass of Vernonia solani.

[plant morphology] Vernonia solani

Perennial vines, 6 m long. Stem erect, round, base woody, internodes long; branches densely covered with brown short hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate or ovate lanceolate, 6-17 cm long and 4-7 cm wide, apex obtuse or short pointed, base rounded or sometimes heart-shaped, margin wavy, green above, densely short hairy, densely pilose or woolly below. Inflorescence with flowers about 10, arranged in terminal panicles, flowers small, purple, base leafy; involucral bracts ovate, woolly. Achenes 4-5-ribbed, glabrous or hairy; corolla yellowish. The flowering period is at the end of winter.

It was born in the tidal wetland beside the mountain stream. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested in spring, summer and autumn.

[functions and indications] ① prescription selection of Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases: "dispel wind and dampness, stop itching. Treatment of postpartum rheumatism, bone pain, skin itching. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "whole grass: treatment of Sha Qi, stomachache, enteritis. "

[selection] 1. Treatment of rheumatism: leave the apoplectic leaves in January and wash the affected area with boiling water. A stroke of one or two in February. Soak one jin of wine and drink as you like. (selected prescriptions of Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases)

② Treatment of skin itching: wind stem in the middle of a Jin, four Jin pot water, add a little vinegar, wash the affected area. (selected prescriptions of Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases)