Pinyin name Di Huanɡ Guā

Alias Bai Di cucumber, Ipomoea aquatica (Guizhou folk prescription medicine collection), Corydalis saxicola (China seed plant taxonomy) and Huangguaxiang (Guizhou folk medicine).

The source is the whole grass of Viola purpurea, a violaceae plant.

Primitive perennial herbs with long straight roots. The stem is about 20 cm high, oblique or oblique. The leaves are triangular or nearly round, with a length of 1 ~ 6 cm and a width of 1 ~ 4 cm. The apex is pointed or round, the base is heart-shaped, the edge is serrated, the teeth are glandular, and there are brown spots on both sides, and there is no hair. Stipules linear-lanceolate, with comb-shaped edges; Stems usually have persistent stipules at the base; Gensheng. The petiole of leaves is longer, the stems and leaves are gradually upward, and the petiole is gradually shortened. Pedicels are derived from roots or branched from stems, with a length of 6 ~10 cm; Flowers lavender, about 2 cm, sepals 5, green, lanceolate, keelung appendages semicircular; Petals 5, long and narrow, with brown spots, the lower one with a spur, long and slightly curved; Stamens 5; Ovary superior, stigma pointed, slightly curved, undivided. Capsule, hairless. Flowers bloom in April.

Habitat distribution and growth of waterside grassland or forest wetland. Distributed in East China and Southwest China.

Nature and taste Guizhou folk medicine: cool in nature, slightly bitter in taste and nontoxic.

Functional indication

Clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis. Treat sore throat, furuncle, knife wound bleeding, and traumatic injury.

3 "Guizhou Herbs": clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis, and reducing swelling.

Usage and dosage for external use: pound or burn, and grind into powder. Oral administration: decoction.

Additional prescription

1 Treatment of chronic sore throat: Mash cucumber with honey syrup. (Guizhou folk medicine)

2 Treatment of nameless swelling poison: Mash cucumber (fresh whole grass) and wrap it in sores. (Guizhou folk medicine)

3 cure yellow sores: cucumber (burned) is one yuan, and dried alum is five points. Grinding into fine powder, mixing, and applying to the affected area. (Guizhou folk prescription and drug collection)

Treatment of knife wound: Mix chopped cucumber with rice soup, mash it and apply it to the wound. (Guizhou folk medicine)

5 cure hernia: cucumber, decoction. (Hunan Pharmacology)

6 treatment of traumatic swelling and pain: one or two fresh cucumbers, fluffy, mixed with a little wine, including the affected area. (Guizhou herbs)

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