Is Malantou Banlangen?
One kind of Radix Isatidis is the rhizome of evergreen, not the root of evergreen. Malan and Malan are not the same plant. Chinese medicine believes that Malantou is pungent and slightly cold, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood to stop bleeding, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is mainly used for treating sore throat, furuncle, jaundice, edema, dysentery and stranguria.
Malanhead
The rhizome of Malantou has creeping branches and sometimes straight roots. The stem is erect, 30-70 cm high, with short hairs on the upper part and branches on the lower part or from bottom to top. The basal leaves withered at flowering stage; Cauline leaves are oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, with a length of 3-6 as thin as 10 cm and a width of 0.8-2 as thin as 5 cm. The tip is blunt or sharp, the base gradually narrows into a winged long stalk, the edge is blunt or sharp, there is a small tip in the middle or above, or there are pinnate lobes. The upper leaves are small and entire, and the base is sharp and sessile. All leaves are slightly thin, with sparse hairs on both sides or above.
radix isatidis
Isatis indigotica is a biennial herb with a plant height of 50-2500px. Smooth powder cream The root is thick, nearly conical, 2-75px in diameter and 20-750px in length. The surface is khaki with short stripes and a small amount of fibrous roots. The basal leaves are rosette-shaped, oblong to broadly oblanceolate, 5-375px long and 1.5- 100px wide, with blunt apex, entire margin, or slightly shallowly toothed, with rounded lobes or inconspicuous; The leaves at the top of the stem are wide and strip-shaped, all-round and sessile.
The efficacy of Malantou
Malantou has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxicating and reducing swelling; Malantou is mainly used for hematemesis, nosebleeds, metrorrhagia, purpura, traumatic hemorrhage, jaundice, diarrhea, edema, stranguria, cold, cough, sore throat, carbuncle, hemorrhoid, erysipelas and malnutrition.