Cypress tree

Pinyin name ] [ Dì Bǎ I Sh ù
[ alias ] Shujin grass, golden pheasant tail
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: Selaginellaceae branches all round spikemoss grass.
Latin animal mineral name: Selaginella sanguinolenta ( L. ) Spring ( Lycopodium sanguinolenta L. )
Harvest and storage: collected all the year round, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original form of creeping stems or near erect, slender, usually red, ca.20-30cm. Ye Jin the same type, into4 rows, clinging to the branches, interactive imbricate, ovate, ca.1.5mm, width of 0.8mm, medium thickness is keeled, apex acuminate, margin entire or slightly. Sporangial branchlets spike single top, long 0.4-1.2cm, have 4 edge; Ye Kuan spores ovoid, ca.1.2mm, width of 0.8mm, apex acuminate, margin very small teeth; sporangia circular.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in elevation of 1200-3600m dry stone.
Resource distribution: distribution in the northeast, north, northwest, southwest and other places.
[ ] chemical composition containing amentoflavone ( amentoflavone ).
[ ] taste bitter cold;
[ ] functions of clearing heat and removing dampness and activating blood Shujin; hemostasis. The main damp-heat dysentery; traumatic injury and wound bleeding; scald;
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,9-15g. External: amount, trace and apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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