English name: Agrimoniae Herba

Main effects: astringe and stop bleeding, stop malaria and dysentery, detoxify and tonify deficiency.

Agrimonia pilosa is a hemostatic agent, which is the dry aerial part of the Rosaceae plant Agrimonia pilosa.

Agrimonia pilosa tastes bitter, astringent and flat. Heart tropism and liver meridian.

The origin of agrimony is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hubei.

Medicinal parts of agrimony;

This product is the dry aerial part of Agrimonia pilosa. Rosaceae.

In summer and autumn, when the stems and leaves are flourishing, cut them, remove impurities and dry them.

Characteristics of medicinal parts of agrimony;

This product is 50 ~ 100 cm in length, all of which are white fur. The lower part of the stem is cylindrical, 4 ~ 6 mm in diameter, reddish brown, and the upper part is square cylindrical, slightly concave on all sides, green-brown, with longitudinal grooves and ridges, and nodes; Light, hard, easy to break, hollow section.

Single pinnate compound leaves alternate, dark green, shriveled and curled; Crispy; There are two kinds of leaves, which alternate on the leaf axis. The top leaflet is large, and the complete leaflet is oval or oblong after flattening, sharp, wedge-shaped at the base and serrated at the edge. Stipules 2, amplexicaul, obliquely ovate.

Racemes are slender, the lower part of calyx is tubular, the upper part of calyx tube has thorns, the apex is 5-lobed, and the petals are yellow. Slight breath and bitter taste.

Agrimony converges, so it is not suitable for diarrhea and exterior heat.