Bo Zhu grass

[ ] B o Zh Pinyin name 's C gave o
[ alias ] water, cold water grass.
[ source ]
Medicine source: Rubiaceae plants Bo Zhu grass of grass.
Latin animal mineral name: Nertera sinensis HemsL
Harvest and storage: autumn harvest the whole grass, clean, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original form of Bo Zhu grass small herbs. Brittle stems, long 5-10cm, slightly prostrate, rooting from nodes. Leaves opposite; stipules triangular, base broadly, united with petiole, apex long tip; leaf blade lanceolate oblong, long 7-16mm, apex mucronate or slightly acute, base cuneate tip, both sides have small Bi scales, lateral veins inconspicuous; 2-3, paper. The flower is small, the diameter of 2-3mm, a single terminal; sessile or with short pedicel; involucre of small, cup-shaped, with two pointed; calyx limb truncate; corolla rotate, 4 lobed, lobes oblong, obtuse; stamens 4, inserted on corolla basally, long stretched; ovarian 2 rooms, every room has 1 ovules. Drupe about 2mm in diameter, the purple black. Florescence autumn.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in the stream or river rock.
Resource distribution: distribution in Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan.
[ ] the taste of bitter cold;
[ ] functions of clearing away heat and toxic material. Lord burns; burns; cold cough
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 6-15g. External: appropriate, fresh Daozhi coating; or stem end and Ye Yan.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/