Peanut

[ source ]" Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine"
Pinyin name ] [ Dì Huā Shē n
[ alias ] turning red
[ source ] for the Polygalaceae plant pig intestine root. Spring, autumn mining root, dried standby.
[ ] the original morphology of perennial dwarf herbaceous, tall 6 ～20 cm. Roots fleshy, shaped like a pig intestine. Stems erect or oblique, lilac, pilose. Leaves alternate; elliptical or elliptic-obovate, margin entire, apex retuse, edge on both sides by eyelash, coat. Racemes, densely many flowers, axillary or extra-axillary; the flower is small, easy to fall; bracts 3, pale purple; calyx 5: petals 3, and the lower part of the stamens slightly connate; stamens 8, connate slightly to one side at the lower part of the cracking; ovarian 2 rooms. Capsule flat, strigose. Seed hair, caruncle with 2ovate appendage. Florescence 8 ～ September. Fruit9～ November.
[ ] was born in the hillside woodland habitat distribution under short grass. Distribution of Sichuan.
[ ] taste Gan, wen.
[ ] functions of the heart to calm mind, expectorant. Treatment of anemia palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess, cough sputum less.
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,2～ 3money; or leach liquor.
[ ]" * dictionary" excerpt


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