Grass Hydrangea

[ source ] from the" Zhejiang temmokus yam planting Zhi"
[ ] C o Xi Pinyin name be Qi cabinet
English name [ ] Rhizome of Moellendorff Cardiandra
[ alias ] Hydrangea, peony three seven.
[ source ]
Medicine source: Saxifragaceae vegetative heart medicine.
Latin animal mineral name: Cardiandra moellendorffii ( Hance ) Li [ Hydrangea moellendorffii Hance; C.sinensis Hemsl.]
Harvest and storage: summer, autumn harvest.
[ ] the original morphology of human medicine deciduous subshrub, high 30-80cm. Roots thick, cross walk, even the line shape is irregular lumps, yellowish brown, densely fibrous roots. Stems unbranched, dry with longitudinal grooves. Leaves alternate, papery; lower stem petiole length2-3.5cm, upper sessile; leaf blade elliptic to obovate-spatulate, shape change is bigger, long 7-20cm,3-8cm wide, apex acuminate, base attenuate a short handle, margin coarsely dentate, both surfaces sparsely coarsely Fu mao. Corymbose panicles terminal; flower type two, peripheral sterile flowers with2( rarely3) calyx valve, wherein a slightly larger or nearly equal, broadly ovate to suborbicular, longitudinal diameter1-2cm, white; flowers white to pale purple to pregnant; calyx tube sparsely appressed hair or fall off gradually after4-5, lobes, fine; petals 4-5, imbricate, obovate or broadly ovate; stamens numerous; styles 3, short, inferior ovary. Capsule ovoid, long 2-3mm, apex hole crack. Flowering7-8. Fr.10-11.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in forests or near the ditch of hi damp humid, and fertile soil.
Resource distribution: distribution of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places.
[ character ] rhizome irregular mass, length 2-8cm, diameter 1-2cm, surface brown I, slightly by small fluff, having fine root. Residual stem has small fluff and a handful of adventitious root. Brittle, easily broken, section relatively flat, pale yellow, significant powder. Gas micro, bitter in taste.
[ ] taste slightly bitter; Wen Xin;
[ ] to the liver through the heart; lung;
[ function ] stasis swelling. The main traumatic injury
[ usage] oral administration: stewed in water juice, fresh goods,12-15g.
[ ] the treatise":" Jiangxi Herbal Handbook for traumatic injury.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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