Characteristics of Scutellaria barbata

Scutellaria barbata, also known as sunflower, Portulaca oleracea, Portulaca oleracea and so on, is an annual or perennial succulent herb. Next, let's take a look at the characteristics of Scutellaria barbata.

The plant height of Scutellaria barbata is 15-20cm. Stems thin and round, stems and leaves fleshy, procumbent or oblique, tufted on nodes. Leaves scattered or slightly concentrated, Terete, 1-2.5cm long. The flowers are terminal, 2.5-5.5cm in diameter, with leafy bracts at the base and bright petals in white, yellow, red and purple. The capsule is cracked when ripe, and the seeds are small and silvery gray. There are many varieties of horticulture, including single, semidouble and double.

Scutellaria barbata is a herbaceous flower in 2012, the lower part of the stem creeping root, the upper erect, the stem square, green. Leaves opposite, leaf blade triangular-ovate or ovoid, margin with wavy obtuse teeth, lower leaf larger, petiole very short. Flowers small, 2 opposite, arranged in lateral racemes, terminal; pedicels covered with sticky short hairs; bracts leaflike, tapering upward, hairy. Calyx campanulate, pubescent outside, 2-lipped, upper lip with scutellum. Corolla lipped, blue-purple, outside densely pilose; stamens 4, 2 strong; ovary 4-lobed, stigma completely inserted at base of ovary, apex 2-lobed. Nutlets ovoid, brown. The flowering period is from May to June and the fruiting period is from June to August.

The main differences between Scutellaria barbata and Scutellaria barbata

1. Lobelia lanceolata: functional diuresis and detumescence. Commonly used in abdominal edema, edema of the face and foot. It also has the function of clearing away heat and detoxification, which can be used to treat ulcers, nameless swollen poison and snake and insect bites. There is a folk saying that if you have half a lotus at home, you can sleep with a snake. Consumer snakebite has a good detoxification effect. It can also be used to treat gastric cancer, rectal cancer and so on.

2. Scutellaria barbata: functional heat-clearing and detoxification, for hot poison, snake bites, sores, swelling, back pain and sore throat, etc., as well as cancer. It also has the function of removing blood stasis and diuresis. It can be used to treat injury, dysentery, hemolysis, damp-heat urination, cirrhotic ascites and so on.

The specific function of Scutellaria barbata

[source] it is the dried or fresh whole grass of Scutellaria barbata (Labiatae).

[the classics of nature and taste] bitter, bitter, cold. Return to the meridians of the lung, liver and kidney.

[performance characteristics] this product can disperse, clear away bitter cold and enter the meridians of lung, liver and kidney. Not only clear away heat and snake venom, but also disperse blood stasis and cool blood and stop bleeding, but also clear heat and diuresis and reduce swelling, especially good at treating snake bites, sores and cancers.

[efficacy] clearing heat and detoxification, dispelling blood stasis and stopping bleeding, promoting diuresis and detumescence.

[attending disease syndrome]

(1) sore and carbuncle is swollen and poisonous, poisonous snake bite, cancer is swollen.

(2) injury caused by fall and injury, vomiting and bleeding.

(3) edema of great abdomen and astringent pain in hematomas.

Internal administration: fried soup, dry product 15-30g, fresh product 30-60g. External use: appropriate amount, tamping.

[note of use] this product is cold and dissipates blood stasis, so pregnant women and those with deficiency of spleen and stomach should take it carefully.

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