Altai twist rugosa

[Pinyin] ā ěr Tài Niǔ Huò Xiānɡ

[Source] source based medicine: as origanum Altai twist the whole plant of Agastache rugosa.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Lophanthus krylovii Lipsky
Harvesting and storage 6-August harvest, dried.

[Original form] Altai twisted rugosa, perennial herb, 20-30cm. Stems many, erect or ascending, branched or unbranched, stems, branches are four prism, is slightly pubescent and glandular hairs. Leaves opposite; petiole short, most no more than 1cm, in the upper nearly sessile; oval or ovate leaves heart-shaped, thin 1-2.5cm, width 0.8-2 (-3) cm, apex obtuse or acute tip, most heart-shaped base, thin nearly truncate or round, with scalloped edge, two densely pubescent and glandular dots, net pulse raised below. Cymes axillary, total stems very short, long, 5mm to nearly sessile bracts small, linear-lanceolate, pubescent; Calyx tubular bell-shaped or nearly tubular, length 8-9mm, with 12-15 veins, outside densely pubescent and glandular dots, inside a hair ring in the throat, calyx teeth 5, 2-lipped, teeth narrow oval or oblong-oval, upper lip three teeth is higher; corolla blue, long 16 -18mm, outside pubescent, crown tube protruding upward expansion of crown canopy 2-lipped, upper lip 3 crack, the larger lobes, apex emarginate or 2 shallow cleft, lateral fissure wide oval, lower lip 2 deep lobed, lobes nearly round; stamens 4, just before the stretch outside; Style overhang, apex 2 lobed, lobes nearly equal. Small nut oblong-elliptic, about 2mm, dark brown. Flowering from June to August.

[Habitat distribution] environment: Born in 2000-2500m above sea level in the valley shade, or the fountain, and rock the foot.
Resource distribution: distributed in Xinjiang.

[Taste] Weixin; of tepid

【Indications】 dampness refreshing; qi and the. The main sense of cold drinks cold summer months; abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea

Dosage Oral: Jian Tang,3-9g.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"

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