(materia medica for famine relief)

Different-name bitter herbs, three branches of incense (Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory), day lily, mountain mustard, native mustard, wild mustard, wild kale, mustard seed, stinky and bitter (Fujian Jinjiang Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual).

The source is the whole grass or root of Gynura divaricata of Compositae.

Plant morphology of yellow quail

Annual or biennial herbs, 20 ~ 80 cm tall. Fibrous roots are tender and white. The stem draws one or several branches from the base and stands upright. The basal leaves are tufted, oblanceolate, violin-shaped, with large lobes at the top, blunt tips and irregular wavy teeth at the edges; Cauline leaves alternate and rare, usually1~ 2, at least 3 ~ 5, with long and narrow leaves and pinnately parted. The heads are small and numerous, arranged in cymose panicles; The total bracts are 2 layers, the outer bracts are 5 triangular or oval, and the inner bracts are about 8 lanceolate; The corolla is yellow, with a tongue-shaped flower at the edge and a tubular flower at the center. Achene brown-red fish has edges11~13, and the crown hair is white: flowering period is April to May.

Born in a roadside wilderness. Distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

Harvesting in spring and autumn.

Sexual taste "Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine" in Jinjiang, Fujian: "Sweet and bitter, cool and nontoxic."

Functions: clearing away heat, detoxicating, diminishing swelling, relieving pain, treating common cold, sore throat, mastitis, conjunctivitis, furuncle, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea and rheumatoid arthritis.

① List of Medicinal Plants in Guangxi: "To reduce swelling and relieve pain. Treat a cold. "

② Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian Province: "Clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing away stagnation of qi and benefiting the throat."

③ Identification of Common Confused Chinese Herbal Medicines: Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory. Treat furuncle, mastitis, tonsillitis, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, conjunctivitis and rheumatoid arthritis. "

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 5 yuan (fresh1~ 2 Liang). External use: ramming or ramming juice and gargling.

Prescription ① Treatment of throat inflammation: fresh yellow crane herb, washed, mashed, and rinsed with vinegar (avoid eating greasy food during treatment).

② Treatment of mastitis: one to two servings of fresh yellow crane herb. Decoct with water and add wine, mash the residue and heat it for external application to the affected area.

③ Treatment of ascites due to liver cirrhosis: fresh yellow crane vegetable roots cost four to six yuan. Decoct with water.

4 cure calluses: one to two fresh yellow crane vegetables. Decoct water and wine in half, and apply residue externally.

⑤ Treatment of rabies bite: one to two fresh yellow crane vegetables. Soak the juice in boiling water and apply the residue externally. (The selected prescription is the Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian)

Remind you: this Chinese herbal medicine is from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.