Nosebleed herb

Nosebleed herb

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan)

[synonym] honghuomei (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan).

[source] it is the whole plant of Schizonepeta yunnanensis.

Honeybee, also known as Schizonepeta yunnanensis.

Annual or perennial herbs, 30-50 cm high, all pilose. Stem erect, square, purplish. Single leaf opposite; leaf blade papery; ovate or ovate lanceolate, 2-4.5 cm long, margin obtuse serrate. Cymes or racemes, axillary, with 3-5 flowers, white or light yellow; bracts linear or linear lanceolate; calyx long bell shaped, calyx tube narrow, 2-lipped, upper lip 3-toothed, lower lip 2-toothed, narrower and sharper than upper lip teeth; corolla curved, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, concave, lower lip extended, 3-lobed, inner surface sparsely white hair; stamens 4; style short, 2-lobed. Nutlets broadly ovate, smooth. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in the grass on the sunny side of the hillside in the low mountain area. It is distributed from the southwest to the east of China.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn and dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the leaves of Melissa contain about 5% tannin and volatile oil.

[nature and taste] common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "mild in nature, astringent and bitter in taste. "

[functions and indications] common Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan: "clearing heat and detoxifying. Treatment of rheumatism, numbness, leprosy, hematemesis, epistaxis, skin itching, rash, epilepsy, collapse belt. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang. External use: tamping or frying and washing.