Tiger ears of grass

[ ]" herbal" from Guizhou.
Pinyin name ] [ D àH ǔě R Cǎ o
[ ] English name Saxifraga
[ alias ] Yaner bar, leaves Mengzi saxifrage, Mengzi saxifrage, Hongyan, red grass back, small back red
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: as the Saxifragaceae plant Saxifraga aculeata all grass.
Latin botanical mineral name: Saxifrage aculeata Balf.f.[S.mengtzeana animal Engl.et Irmsch.var.cordatifoliaEngl.et Irmsch.; S.ovatocordata Hand.-Mazz.]
Harvest and storage: annual recoverable.
[ ] the original morphology of Saxifraga aculeata erect perennial herb. High 30-40cm. Stems single, by brown glandular hairs. Basal leaves nearly fascicled; handle5-15cm long, fleshy, sparsely white hairy; leaf blade usually ovate, thin broadly ovate to reniform,1.2-10cm long,1-8.4cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate, and petiole junction with bud, margin undulate coarse tooth and glandular eyelashes, covered with brown hairs and the spot; stem leaves alternate, lanceolate to ovate,1-4; long 2.5-5mm, width of 1.1mm, the backside and edge with glandular hairs, single pulse. Cymes paniculate; long 13-22cm, with 12-30flower is glandular hairs; inflorescences, flowers on both sides of the students; flowers bisexual; sepals 5lobed, base and the lower part of ovary united; corolla 5valve, the3short, a long, long 3.3-17.5mm, another one of the longest, long 12.6-29.3mm, entire, white; stamens 10, filaments clavate; ovarian 2 rooms, near superior, consists of 2carpels, base connate, upper near separation. Capsule, apex with 2. Seeds numerous. Flower, month of fruit period 5-10.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in elevation of 800-3800m wet cliffs or forest creek.
Resource distribution: distribution in Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan etc..
[ character ] rhizome of irregular lump, length 1-2cm, diameter 1.5-2.5cm, a majority of fibrous roots, black surface. Stems nearly fine square column shape, long 9-25cm, light green, with a longitudinal ridge. Basal leaves many broken, intact leaves are flattened oval, long 1.5-10cm, wide 1-8cm, lime green, apex obtuse or acuminate, base cordate, junction with petiole have buds, margin undulate coarse and gland eyelashes, both sides were rough hairs and dot; petiolar long 2-7cm, by brown long glandular hairs; cauline foliation wraps around needle form, long 2.5-5mm, width of 1.1mm. Some visible cymes, conical, brown red. Gas micro, bitter, spicy, a small drug.
[ ] taste slightly bitter, spicy; cold; the small poison
[ ] heart lung meridian;
[ ] functions of heat-clearing and detoxicating; activating blood to stop bleeding. The measles, high fever, cough, otitis media, bronchitis, hemoptysis, hematemesis, skin allergies, irregular menstruation, parotitis, mastitis, innominate toxic swelling, snake bites, skin ulcers, eczema, burns and scalds
[ usage]:6-9g orally taken decoction. External: trace and apply; or Daozhi ear drops
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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