North pink silk

[Pinyin] Běi Sī Shí Zhú

[Alias​​] Phytolacca, silver Bupleurum

[Source]
Medicine-based sources: the Caryophyllaceae plant prairie stone flower root.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Gypsophila davurica Turcz.ex Fenzl.
Harvesting and storage: between the beginning of autumn to the autumnal equinox, the roots dug up, remove the roots, cut off the fibrous root, washed and dried.

[Original form] perennial herb. Root cylindrical or conical. Stem height 50-70cm, purple, hairy, often more than the upper branches. Single Leaves opposite; leaves lanceolate or linear lanceolate, entire, the main vein 3. Cyme apical; flowers small, lilac; short bell-shaped calyx, long 2mm, 5 lobed, lobes widely ovate, margin membranous; petals 5, oblong; stamens 10; Style 2. Spherical capsule. August-September flowering.

[Habitat distribution]
Environment: Born in hills and sunny slopes, sloping gravel quality, solid sand away.
Resource distribution: distributed in the Northeast and Inner Mongolia.

[Bitter] taste; slightly cold

】 【Go through the bladder

【Indications】 diuretic by water. Main edema; urination

Dosage Oral: Jian Tang,3-6g.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"

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