Pen grass

This product is Equisetaceae Equisetum ramosissimum Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. The whole plant. ( British ) Ramose Scouring Rush Herb
Alias: ventilation grass, grass, eyebrows, rising food Suomei civil thief, grass, grass, soil, written file of Ephedra grass.
Plant morphology: perennial. Rhizomes horizontal, black. Stems grayish green, high 18 ~ 80cm, erect, branched basally; each branches hollow, ribbed ridge 6 ~ 20, rough, and small verrucae 1 columns, the ditch stomatal lines 1 to 4 crack; branches suberect, elongated, and main stem of similar length. Leaves reduced, the lower joint into a sheath; sheath blade back without ridges; sheath tube length is 2 times the width of the tooth; sheath short triangular, black, there are easy to fall off the membranous tip of tail. Spore spike was born in stem and branch top, length 0.5 ~ 2cm, oblong, with a small sharp, sessile; leaf hexagonal spore, a central recessed, peltate with students, closely arranged, the marginal growth form sporangia; homosporous.
Born in wet, sandy wasteland, brook, road. Distributed in the country.
Sampling: annual recoverable, but in 4 ~ May flourish best when collected, dried.
Chemical composition: containing flavonoids.
Taste: flat, sweet, bitter.
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Functions: dispelling wind and clearing away heat, desiccant diuresis. For swollen red eyes, eye cover, cover with turbidity, epistaxis, hematochezia, hematuria, toothache.

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