Grass welling

[ ] from Yunnan Materia Medica"."
[ ] C o W Pinyin name be I L n to be Golf
English name [ ] Root of Veined Inula
[ alias ] clematis, black medicine, iron feet welling, copper feet welling, black welling, Hagen, grass Lingxian, black cohosh, black root, chrysanthemum, wheeling Hagen medicine, black grass
[ source ]
Source: for medicinal Compositae Inula nervosa wall root.
Latin animal mineral name: Inula nervosa Wall.
Harvest and storage: the fall of the excavation, wash cut, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of Inula nervosa wall perennial, high 20-70cm. Rhizome short, dense most root; root fleshy, dark brown, thick1.5-3mm. Stems erect, single or few fascicled; all were carried out, the upper part was very close with verrucous base yellowish brown to be nonplussed over sth. the bristles; the upper or from central with slender branches. Leaves alternate; leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate, basal leaves smaller; the middle and lower leaf length5-10cm, width 2-3.5cm, lower attenuate growth handle, edge from above middle shallow or apparent serrations, top urgent narrowly, apex slightly pointed, two sides has base verruciform hispid, but the veins in under the mask of long hair, lateral veins 4to several, and lower leaf edge parallel to upper leaves, sessile. Capitate in single or a few branches are arranged in a corymbose, diameter 1.5-2.5cm, peduncle slender; involucral hemispherical, long 6-8mm; involucral bracts4-5layer, the outer layer is a bit short, elliptic-lanceolate, was long hispid, inner linear-lanceolate, apex purplish red, pilose, ciliate; rays than involucre tablets 2times, tongue white, long 8-9mm, linear elliptic; tubular flower corolla hair5-6.5mm, yellow, having a pointed oval triangular lobes; crested white, after slightly yellow, with the tubular flower corolla length. Achene is cylindrical, with rill, long 2-2.5mm, sericeous. Flowering of 7-10 months, fr.9-12.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in low mountain area under forest, grass and wet grassland.
Resource distribution: located in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan
[ character ] trait distinguishing the rhizome short, irregular in shape, has a plurality of stems traces, and with many brown hairy or not hairy; under the 10number of roots, the surface is dark brown or gray brown, ca.10-20cm, diameter 1-3mm, often distorted, rugose. Easily broken, section has a pale yellow heart ( xylem ), often from the forming layer and skin separation. Slightly bitter flavor.
[ ] taste acrid in taste bitter; temperature;
[ functions ] rheumatism; through main and collateral channels; xiaojizhitong. The main rheumatic pain; Wan cold pain in the abdomen; abdominal distention dyspepsia; dysphagia; Rheumatic beriberi
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,9-15g.
[ ] the discussion
1" South Yunnan Materia Medica": treatment of chest and diaphragm in cold qi4 pain, open stomach, can treat dysphagia, cold injury of muscles and bones, check wet beriberi. Soju decoction, dispel the spleen wind.
2" Guizhou folk medicine": Supplement Qi and blood, sweat.
3" selected medicinal plants of Yunnan": rheumatism, through main and collateral channels, Xiaoji zhitong. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, pain, stomach pain, indigestion, fish of larynx.
4" Yunnan selected medicinal plants of Simao": desiccant diuresis, cough expectorant. A cold, cough, high fever.
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