Drug name: glutinous rice
Glutinous rice grass glutinous rice grass is a whole grass with glutinous rice bulbs in Urticaceae.
Habitat distribution is distributed in most parts of the province. See the main natural medicine CDs in Yunnan for details.
Plant morphology perennial herbs. Stems erect or inclined, usually trailing and pubescent. The taproot is spindle-shaped, fleshy and yellow-white. Leaves opposite; Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, entire, glabrous or sparsely short-haired, slightly rough above; Almost sessile. Monoecious; Flowers pale green, clustered in leaf axils; The male bud is nearly gyro-shaped, with 5 perianth segments and stamens; Female flower: Perianth rhomboid ovoid with 2 small teeth at the top; Stigma filiform. Achenes are ovoid, vertical, black and shiny.
The taste is pungent, astringent and cool.
Functions: invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and promoting granulation. Used for dyspepsia, dyspepsia, stomachache, dysentery, diarrhea and dysmenorrhea. Externally used for treating mastitis, fracture, toxic sore, swelling and pain, and fracture.
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