Hyacinth leaf

Hyacinth leaf

(Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)

[synonym] the leaves of Hyriopsis cumingii.

[source] it is the leaf of the plant of Commelinaceae.

[plant morphology] purple evergreen, also known as Zihao, Zilan, HongMian general, xuejianchou.

Perennial herbs. Stems stout, fleshy, less than 50 cm high, unbranched. Leaves alternate and close, lanceolate, 15-30 cm long, 2.5-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base sheath shaped, green above, purple below. Flowers white, axillary, with short stalks, numerous, aggregated, enclosed in bracts; bracts 2, mussel shaped, large and compressed, 3-4 cm long, lavender; sepals 3, oblong lanceolate, separated, petal shaped; petals 3, separated; stamens 6, filaments hairy; ovary sessile, 3-locular. Capsule, dehiscent. It blooms in summer.

More cultivation for viewing. It is distributed in Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, etc.

The flower of this plant (Hyriopsis cumingii) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] it can be harvested in spring and autumn, dried or fresh.

Sweet and cool.

① Lu Chuan's materia medica: "bitter, cold. "

② "Nanning medicine annals": "flat, slightly pungent and astringent. "

⑦ Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "sweet, light, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis. Treatment of lung heat, dry cough, hematemesis, hematochezia, hematuria, dysentery, traumatic injury.

① Lu Chuan's materia medica: "removing blood stasis and relieving pain. To cure dysentery, we must fight against the bone. "

② "Clearing away heat and stopping bleeding" is one of the important contents in Nanning medical records. For hematochezia, hemoptysis and hematuria. "

③ "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine" II: "cough, hemostasis. It can be used to treat labor injury, vomiting blood, coughing blood, hematochezia, phlegm fire nuclear, lung dry heat cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.