Primula

Primula

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] oak marbu (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the flower of Primula striata.

Primula striata

Perennial herbs, 30-50 cm high. Rhizome thick and short, with many fibrous roots. Leaves simple, basal; oblanceolate or narrowly oblong oblanceolate, apex obtuse or acute, base gradually narrowed, margin finely serrate, upper green, lower light green. Umbel terminal, with more than 10 flowers; stem erect, upper with purple green; petiole length varies; flowers blue purple, funnel-shaped.

Born in the ditch and wet place. Distribution of southwest and Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang.

Primula lutea has the same function as the previous one.

[collection] harvest from June to August.

Bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: clearing heat and drying dampness, purging liver and gallbladder fire, hemostasis. Treatment of children with high fever, gout, acute gastroenteritis, dysentery.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan. External use: grind and sprinkle.