Chinese name: Juncus efflorescence
Source: This product is dry whole grass of bitter acid pulp. Solanaceae plants.
Source: Practical color atlas of Chinese herbal medicine. Volume III
Born in valleys, villages, roadsides and wasteland. Distributed in the eastern and southwestern provinces of China. India, India, zhina Peninsula and Japan.
Harvesting and processing: harvesting when there are flowers and fruits in summer and autumn, removing impurities such as sediment, and drying in the sun.
Characteristics of medicinal materials: the total length of this product is about 30 ~ 60 cm. The stem is cylindrical, with many branches on the upper part and straight lines, and the tender part is pubescent; Light weight and easy to break. This section is hollow. Leaves are often curly, flat, ovoid to ovoid, 5 ~ 8 cm long, tapering or short at the top, wedge-shaped at the base, shallow wavy at the edge, usually light green or grayish yellow-green, with no hair on both sides or hairs on the veins. Flowers are yellow or light yellow, not bright when dry, and simple leaves are axillary and often fall off. The persistent calyx expands into a lantern shape, often squashed, with a length of 1.5 ~ 2.5 cm, yellow-white, paper-like, 5-sided, reticulate veins and a spherical berry with a diameter of 1.2 cm. No gas, bitter taste. It is best to have leafy, yellow-green and fruity calyx.
Taste and function: bitter, slightly cold. Return to lung meridian. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and eliminating dampness. Used for fever, cold, mumps, sore throat, cough, orchitis and bullous sores. The usual dosage is15 ~ 30g; Appropriate amount for external use.
Note: Sour pulp. It is also commonly used as a medicine of Lagerstroemia indica. Its plants, leaves, flowers and fruits are smaller than this species and can be distinguished.
Taste: bitter, slightly cold.