Fermented grass

[source] from the "Guizhou folk medicinal herbs". [name] D ò u Ch ì Ji C ǎ o [Root and Rhizome] English name of Bloodred Iris [alias] through the grass, rock, snakehead, digestive medicine ginseng asarum, small spider aroma [source] Medicine source: valerianaceae plant long sequence valerian root or the whole plant. Latin plant animal mineral name: Valeriana flaccidissima Maxim. Harvesting and storage: the summer and autumn harvest, washed, dried in the sun [the original shape] long sequence valerian large herb, up to 1.5m. Rhizomes block column, the upper ramp; stems more stout, hollow. Basal leaves 3-7 pinnately cleft or lobed; petiole ca. 6cm; middle lobe larger, ovate or ovate lanceolate, long 3.5-7cm, width 1.5-3cm; apex long acuminate, base subrounded, margin dentate or entire, side lobes are slightly small, alienation; shaft stout have narrow wing; cauline. With similar basal Ji, upper leaves gradually reduced, handle all leaves many short change. Inflorescence a great terminal or axillary; bracts linear subulate; bracteoles triangular ovate, margin entire or obtusely toothed; flowers small, white; corolla length 1.5-2.5mm, funnel-shaped expansion, cracking pistil 3, slightly protruding; ovary inferior, ovate, many with white. In Chengdu City, mature living, infructescence long 50-70cm. Achenes ovoid, 2-3mm long, apex often plumose pappus, up to 5mm. Florescence 6-8 month, month of fruit period 7-10. [distribution] Ecological environment: in 2000-3500m above sea level near the mountain streams, mountain forest and forest edge. Resource distribution: distribution in the southwest and Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Tibet etc.. [taste] Weixin; Gan; flat [indications] Huoxue Tiaojing; Qufeng Lishi; strengthening the spleen. The main abnormal menstruation; dysmenorrhea closed; rheumatoid arthritis; dysuria; rickets in children; injuries; vasculitis [usage]: Decoction orally, 10-15g; or dip wine. External use: amount, Jiantang washing. [] excerpts from "Chinese Materia Medica" http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.hk/