Big lips Ma Xianhao

Pinyin name ] [ Dà Chú n Mǎ Xiā n H āo
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: Scrophulariaceae lip lousewort entire grass.
Latin animal mineral name: Pedicularis (Jacq.) Tsoong rhinanthoides Schrenk.subsp.labellata
Harvest and storage: the summer harvest, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of Lei lip Ma Xianhao perennial is herbaceous, tall 15-30cm. Roots fleshy. Stems much from base the Ministry issued. Basal Ye Chengcong, with a long handle, handle long 2-5cm; leaf blade oblong lanceolate, pinnatisect, lobes9-12, ovate, margin Sharptooth; cauline leaves few, short handle. Raceme short; bracts leaflike, glabrous or sparsely hairy; calyx is long ovate, teeth 5, posterior1 lesser, entire, the remaining base narrow, upper ovate and serrate; corolla rose, tube longer than calyx1 times, how many geniculate forward flexion helmet on the bill, bill up to 8-10mm, often S curly, lower lip width 2.5-3cm, base broadly cordate, extends into the cylinder rear, side crack crack1 times greater than; stamens inserted in the end of the cylinder, the front1filaments hairy. Capsule lanceolate to ovate, with a small convex tip. Seeds ovoid, netted. Florescence 7-8 month.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in altitude 3000-4500m Valley moisture and alpine meadow in the.
Resource distribution: located in Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.
[ character ] trait distinguishing roots fleshy, stems and leaves. Intact leaves after flattening is oblong lanceolate, pinnatisect, lobe margin a sharptooth. Bract leaf production too; calyx is long ovate, margin entire; corolla rose. Capsule lanceolate to ovate, with a small convex tip. Gas, slightly bitter taste.
[ ] taste sweet; bitter; flat
[ ] functions of heat; detoxification; dampness. The main dysentery; diarrhea; urinary tract infection of hepatitis
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,10-15g.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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