Bean Orobanche

[name] D ò u Li è D ā N and [source] Medicine source: all grass plants of Orobanchaceae bean orobanche. Latin plant animal mineral name: Mannagettaea labiata H. Smith Harvesting and storage: the summer and autumn harvest, dried. The original form [] bean Orobanche parasitic herbaceous, tall 10-11cm. The ground part is only 3-3.5cm. Stem stout, short. Ye Shaoshu, scaly, fresh lanceolate, length 1.5cm, width 6-9mm. Flowers numerous, often the top 8-10 a dense cluster was born in stem, a head of Zhengzhou city; bracts ovate lanceolate, long 1.8-2.2cm, wide 4-5mm. Apex acuminate, both surfaces subglabrous; bracteoles 2, linear lanceolate; calyx tubular, apex 5 - lobed; corolla two - lipped, dry yellow, erect, long 5-6cm, corolla lobes inner surface and margin densely long woolly; stamens 4, inserted at base of corolla tube length 1-1.2cm, filaments slightly stout, long 3-3.5cm, below the middle of densely long woolly, upward gradually glabrous, anthers densely yellow white long woolly; ovary ovoid, style 4-4.5cm, stigma subglobose. Florescence 6-7 month. [distribution] Ecological environment: often parasitic on Caragana (Caragana) plant roots. Distribution: distribution of resources in sichuan. [indications] swelling detoxification; diarrhea. The main boils innominate toxic swelling; diarrhea; [usage]: Decoction taken orally, 3-10g. External: pound deposited amount. [] excerpts from "Chinese Materia Medica" http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.hk/