I. Usage and dosage

Decoct, 3 ~10g. The dosage of relieving exterior syndrome and reducing fever should be slightly heavier, and raw products should be used. Soothing liver and relieving depression should be roasted with vinegar, and rising yang and depression can be used raw or roasted with vinegar, and the dosage should be slightly light. Ecological environment: it is born in sandy grassland, dune meadow and sunny slope sparse forest.

Second, the origin

Resource Distribution: Originated in China, mainly produced in Hubei and Sichuan provinces. Korea, Japan and the Soviet Union are also distributed.

Source of medicinal materials: this product is the dried root or whole grass of Umbelliferae plant Bupleurum chinense or Bupleurum stenophyllum. According to different characters, the former is called "North Bupleurum" and the latter is called "South Bupleurum". ?

Third, harvesting and processing

Harvest and storage: dig in spring and autumn, remove stems, leaves and sediment, cut into sections and dry in the sun. The whole grass is pulled up and dried in late spring and early summer.

Processing: remove impurities, remove residual stems, wash sediment, take it out, moisten it thoroughly, slice it in time, and then dry it in the sun. Bupleurum chinense with vinegar: take Bupleurum chinense slices, mix well with vinegar, stir-fry them in a pot with slow fire until the vinegar is completely absorbed and slightly dried, take them out and dry them in the sun. (each Bupleurum chinense 100 kg, vinegar 12 kg) Bupleurum chinense: Take Bupleurum chinense slices, put them in a large basin, pour in turtle blood diluted with warm water, mix well, moisten them, stir-fry them in a snail with slow fire, take them out and let them cool. (Each Bupleurum chinense 100 kg, use live turtles.

Bupleurum chinense with vinegar: take Bupleurum chinense slices and fry them dry according to the vinegar roasting method.