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Fillet piercing fish

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/09/20, English name: the original plant, willow piercing, is a perennial herb with a height of 50 cm and a slender yellow-white taproot. Stem erect, distally much branched, smooth glabrous. Leaves alternate, leaf blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, apical Zhejiang tip, base attenuate and decurrent, sessile, entire, glabrous. Flowers dense, arranged in racemes at the top of the stem, bracts lanceolate; Calyx divided nearly to base, lobes broadly lanceolate, ca. 3 mm; Corolla yellowish, two lips

English name: fillet piercing fish

The original plant willow piercing fish is a perennial herb with a height of 50 centimeters and a slender yellow-white taproot. Stem erect, distally much branched, smooth glabrous. Leaves alternate, leaf blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, apical Zhejiang tip, base attenuate and decurrent, sessile, entire, glabrous. Flowers dense, arranged in racemes at the top of the stem, bracts lanceolate; Calyx divided nearly to base, lobes broadly lanceolate, ca. 3 mm long; Corolla yellowish, 2-lipped, Corolla tube 8-10 mm long, base long, 5-9 mm long, upper lip erect, 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, central upward lip raised and enlarged, throat appendages located in lower lip, orange, bearded Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short, anterior 1 pair longer, not exserted, loculum separated, parallel, split apart; style 1, linear, stigma fine. Capsule ovoid or globose. Ca. 2 mm in diam., dehiscent, seeds numerous, minute. The flowering period is from June to September and the fruiting period is from August to October.

Born on hillside grasslands, sandy texture, riversides or semi-mobile sand dunes. It is distributed in the provinces and regions north of the Yangtze River basin, and it is cultivated in many gardens.

Harvest and process the whole grass when it blossoms in summer and dry it in the sun.

Characteristics of medicinal materials this dry grass has a length of 30cm to 80cm, the stem is cylindrical, gray-green, glabrous cross-section gray-white. Leaves wrinkled, easily broken, flattened complete leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, entire, pinnately veined, glabrous. Flowers arranged in narrow racemes at top of stem, mostly scattered, Corolla yellow-white, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, appendages orange at throat, bearded; calyx lobes divided almost to base, lobes broadly needle-shaped, glabrous. Sometimes an oval capsule can be seen. The breath is slight and the taste is bitter. It is better for the whole grass to be dry, green in color and with flowers.

Taste and function sweet, slightly bitter, cold. Clearing heat and detoxification, dispelling blood stasis and detumescence, diuresis. For jaundice, headache, dizziness, hemorrhoids and constipation, skin diseases, burns. The usual dosage is 3 to 9 grams. Decoction for internal use; for external use, adjust and apply or fumigate.

Function: clearing heat and detoxification, dispelling blood stasis and detumescence, diuresis. For jaundice, headache, dizziness, hemorrhoids and constipation, skin diseases, burns. The usual dosage is 3 to 9 grams. Decoction for internal use; for external use, adjust and apply or fumigate.

Nature: sweet, slightly bitter, cold

 
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