Inch of grass

[ source ] from the" Kunming" common folk herbal medicine
[ ] C n J Pinyin name n C be o
English name [ ] Herb of Bigflower Clinopodium
[ source ]
Source: Medicinal Labiatae plants gold grass for the whole plant.
Latin animal mineral name: Clinopodium megalanthum ( Diels ) C.Y.Wuet Hsuan ex H.W.Li [Calamintha chinensis Benth.var megalantha Diels]
Harvest and storage: autumn harvest, wash, cut, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of perennial high, up to 60cm. Stems basally procumbent ground root; stems four prismatic, often with purple, densely white bristle. Leaves opposite; petiole length 1-3mm, white bristles; leaves triangular shape egg, long 1.2-2cm, 1-1.7cm wide, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded or shallowly cordate, margin crenate-serrate, two sides by white cilia. Verticillaster inflorescence densely flowered, hemispherical, born in stems, branches at the top; bracts acicular, and calyx equal or slightly short, ciliate and small point; calyx cylindric, ca. 9mm, outside is white bristles and a small point, upper lip 3 teeth, triangle, apex short awn tip, lower lip 2 tooth, triangular, apex long awn tip; corolla pink, long 1.5-2CM, outside puberulent, upper lip, apex emarginate, stigmas 2 crack. Nutlets 4, obovate, brown. Flowering of 7-9 months, fr. 8-11.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in an elevation of 1300-3500m, grassland, Hill Road, scrub and woodland under.
Resource distribution: distribution in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
[ ] taste slightly bitter flavour;; slightly cold
[ function ] detoxification; blood swelling. The main toothache; rheumatism; sores; small and malnutrition; traumatic swelling and pain
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 9-15g. External : the amount, trace and apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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