Sheshucao is a saying in Sichuan, and its medicine name is Rubus fragrans, alias: Shepaocao, Dragon Tuzhu, Three-claw Wind, Nosebleed Fruit, Pearl Claw, Snake Fruit, Dragon Ball Grass, Snake Grape, Snake Fruit Rattan, Snake Pillow, Snake Grass, Snake Pan Grass, Haha Fruit, Hemlock Fruit, Kowloon Grass, Three Grass, Snake Woman, Snake Turtle Grass, Snake Pillow Grass.

Rosaceae perennial herbs, the whole plant is pilose; Stolons are long. Leaflets obovate to rhomboid oblong, 2-3.5(-5) cm long and 1-3 cm wide; Flowers solitary in leaf axils; Diameter1.5-2.5cm; Achene ovoid, about 1.5 mm long, smooth or with inconspicuous protrusions, shiny when fresh.

The flowering period is June-August, and the fruiting period is August 8- 10/October. Mostly wild in hillside, grassland, roadside, ditch or ridge weeds; It is distributed all over the country. The whole herb is used for medicine, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, astringing and stopping bleeding, and can also treat poisonous snake bites and furuncle. And is used for killing flies and maggots.

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Identification method

1, shape identification

The whole grass is mostly twisted into a ball, with white hairs, stolons and alternate leaves. A trifoliate compound leaf, the petiole of the basal leaf is 6- 10 cm long, the leaflets are mostly shriveled, the intact ones are obovate, the length is 1.5-4 cm, the width is 1-3 cm, the base is oblique, the edge has blunt teeth, the surface is yellowish green, the upper part is nearly hairless, and the lower part is sparsely hairy.

Flowers are solitary in leaf axils and have long stalks. Aggregate fruit is reddish brown with small achenes and persistent calyx. Slight breath, slightly astringent taste. Visible on the grass.

2. Microscopic identification

Leaf surface view: the upper epidermal cells are polygonal, the lower epidermal cells are slightly wavy and curved, and the vertical wall is beaded. The lower epidermis has more non-glandular hairs and glandular hairs than the upper epidermis. The non-glandular hairs are unicellular, with a length of 166-900μm, a base diameter of 18-38μm, a wall thickness of 6- 12μm, and a spiral texture on the surface.

2 cells in the head of glandular hair, 25-32 μ m in diameter; Stem 2-3 cells. Stomatal infinitive or inequality, 4-5 accessory cells. Some mesophyll cells contain calcium oxalate clusters.

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