Fly grass

[ source ] from the" Kunming" common folk herbal medicine.
[ ] Pinyin name Sh n Yin C o be be be
English name [ ] root of Hancock Indigo, Hancock Indigo
[ alias ] verbena.
[ source ]
Medicine source: for legume root silk Mao Mulan.
Latin animal mineral name: Indigofera hancockii Craib
Harvest and storage: autumn, winter harvest, sliced, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of silk Mao Mulan small shrubs, up 2m. Stems reddish brown, young shoots densely white and brown appressed hairs gradually after t, glabrous, densely lenticellate. Leaves alternate; leaves odd-pinnate, ca. 3-6cm, lobular 4-8 on, opposite; petiole short, base the Ministry has stipules; leaf blade leathery, oblong-obovate, length 7-10mm, width 3.5-6mm, apex obtuse, a small short cusp, base cuneate, margin entire, both surfaces are adnate T-shaped hairs. Racemes gum, 3-8cm long; calyx campanulate, hairy outside, apex 5 crack, lobation triangle; papilionaceous flower purplish red, ca. 7.5mm; upper petal petals oblong, claw free, keel apex hairy; stamens 10, two; ovary sessile, linear, stigma small. Pod linear, erect, ca. 3cm, containing numerous seeds. Flowering of 5-8 months, fr. 10-11.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: born around 800m elevation slopes under forest and shrub in.
Resource distribution: distribution in Sichuan, Yunnan.
[ ] bitter taste; slightly astringent; cool
[ ] the lung meridian; liver; stomach meridian
[ function ] Qufeng pain; purging fire. The gum gall; traumatic injury; leprosy
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 9-15g.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/