Blumea root

[Source] from Guangzhou force "Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook."

[Pinyin] ài Nà Xiānɡ Gēn

[English name] Root of Balsamiferou Blumea

[Alias​​] wind Egan

[Source] source based medicine: Compositae Blumea roots.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.
Harvesting and storage: the fall of the excavation, sliced ​​and dried.

[Original form] Blumea perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, the high 1-3m. Stem, bark brown, with longitudinal section edges, xylem soft, white, hip, internode length 2-6cm, is dense brown pubescence. Lower leaves broadly elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, length 22-25cm, width of 8-10cm, short-pointed or sharp tip, base gradually narrow, with a handle, the handle on both sides of the narrow linear appendages 3-5 edge serrulate, pubescent above, the following is light brown or yellow-white dense silk-like cotton wool; midrib raised below, lateral veins 10-15 pairs; upper leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, length 7-12cm, width 1.5-3.5cm, apex acuminate, base slightly pointed, sessile or short handle, the handle on both sides often 1-3 narrow linear appendage, entire or with a fine saw and Yu crack-like teeth. Capitulum majority, the large leaves arranged in a cone to carry out drug order; peduncle is yellow dense pubescence; involucre bell-shaped; bracts about 6 layers, outer oblong, the back is dense pubescence, the middle linear, within 4 times longer than the outer layer; receptacle honeycombed. Flowers yellow; female majority, the Ministry of 2-4 teeth crack Corolla eaves; Department of bisexual flowers corolla eaves 5 ​​teeth crack, pubescent. Achenes cylindrical, with edge 5, is dense pubescence; crested red-brown, rough hairy. Flower almost year round.

[Taste] Weixin; and warm

【Indications】 Qufeng blood; water swelling. Main rheumatoid arthritis; indigestion; diarrhea; edema; Blood dysmenorrhea; bone swelling

Dosage Oral: Jian Tang,10-30g; or soaked in wine.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"