(Illustration of Medicinal Plants in China)

Different name Xiang Ai (Records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine).

The source is the whole grass of Geranium geranium, a plant of Geranium family.

Plant morphology geranium geranium

Perennial herb, 60 ~ 90 cm tall, fragrant throughout the plant, densely covered with short hairs or yellowish glandular hairs. The stem base is lignified and the nodes are enlarged. Leaves alternate, broadly heart-shaped or nearly round, nearly palmately 5 ~ 7-parted, lobes are subdivided into narrow lobes, with fine hairs on the edges, unequal notches and dense hairs on both sides; The petiole is 4 ~ 6 cm long; Stipules are flat and broad, often falling off. Umbellies are opposite to leaves and have small flowers; Bracts 4, ovate or broadly ovate: sepals 5; Petals 5, rose red or pink, with purple veins, the upper two petals are larger; Stamens 10, without glands; Pistil 1, ovary 5-loculed, style 5. Capsule 5-lobed, curled and split upward from beak when mature. Flowering period is between spring and summer.

It is cultivated all over China.

The collection can be collected all year round.

Chemical composition This product can produce 0.22% volatile oil. The oil contains formate13.9 ~ 210.4%, geraniol 45.08 ~ 63.13% and citronellol 45.48 ~ 57.33%. It also contains menthone, organic acid, methyl mercaptan, linalool oxide, methyl heptenone, myrcene, limonene, p-cymene, citral and 2,2,6- trimethyl -6- vinyl-tetrahydropyran.

Nature and taste "Records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine": "pungent, fragrant and warm in nature."

Functions: ① Records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Treating rheumatism and hernia."

② Guangxi Plant List: "Treating scrotal eczema and scabies."

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 5 RMB (fresh1~1.5 RMB). External use: decocting, washing or tamping.