Eclipta is a rarely used traditional Chinese medicine. It was first recorded in "New Materia Medica" of Tang Dynasty. Its original name is snake intestine. It has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is used for premature graying of beard and hair, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, yin deficiency and blood heat, vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, bloody diarrhea, metrorrhagia, traumatic bleeding and other diseases.
Source 1. Eclipta prostata L. is a plant of the Asteraceae family, Eclipta prostata L. the above ground part.
?2. Red Eclipta is a plant of the Hypericaceae family (Hypeiicum ascyron L.). the above ground part.
?Origin and distribution 1. Eclipta: Produced all over the country.
?2. Red Eclipta: distributed throughout the country. Selling in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and other provinces and cities.
Key points for identification: The whole body of Eclipta has hairs, the stem is cylindrical, black and green, the leaves are opposite, lanceolate, whole or lightly toothed (dark green after drying); the flowers are white, with flower heads. , terminal or axillary; achenes oval; slightly odor and slightly salty taste. The stems of red Eclipta are reddish-brown; the flowers are yellow, terminal, with several flowers arranged in bifurcated cymes; the capsule is conical, with a slight smell and a slightly bitter taste. Grasp the two colors "ink" and "red" and you can distinguish them immediately.
Identification of Famous Classics 1. Su Gong of the Tang Dynasty said: "The snake intestines are born in wetlands, and there are many in the pits and canals. The seedlings seem to be spiraling. Collect them in February and August and dry them in the shade." 2. Su Gong of the Song Dynasty The poem says: "It is found everywhere, especially in the south. There are two kinds: one has willow-like and shiny leaves, and a stem like purslane, one or two feet high, with thin and white flowers, which are actually like small lotus rooms. Su Gong said This is what looks like involution; one type of seedlings has a thin stem, is quite like a lotus and is yellow, and is also round in shape. The southerners call it forsythia. If the seedlings of the two types are broken, they will sweat and turn black after a while, so they are called forsythia. Eclipta is also known as Jinling grass. "3 Ming Dynasty "Mengquan Materia Medica": "Eclipta grass, also known as Eclipta. It grows in wetlands, and the seedlings are like spirals. The flowers are thin and white, and they are round in shape. Pick them. When the branches and stems are broken, the juice gradually turns black." 4 Li Shizhen said: "There are two kinds of Eclipta: the one whose seedlings look like spirals and have white and thin flowers, is the snake's intestine; the one whose flowers are yellow and purple and have cells like lotus cells, is the Eclipta. "Little lotus leaves." 5 Qing · "Compendium of Materia Medica": "The snake intestines are eclipta grass. The seedlings are like twists and turns, and they are really like lotus cells. There is juice when they are cut, and they will turn black after a while."
Fast. Identification 1. Eclipta: The whole body is covered with white hairs, the stem is cylindrical with longitudinal ribs, 2 to 5 mm in diameter, and the surface is green-brown or dark green. The leaves are opposite, almost sessile, and the leaves are wrinkled, curled or broken. When the complete leaves are flattened, they are long lanceolate, with entire or shallow teeth, and are dark green. Inflorescence heads terminal or axillary. Achenes are oval and flat, 2 to 3 mm long, brown or light brown. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly salty.
?2. Red Eclipta: The stem is cylindrical, the upper part is quadrangular, up to 90cm in length, 3 to 5mm in diameter, and the surface is reddish brown. The single leaves are opposite and sessile, the leaves are lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, with a pointed apex and a slightly heart-shaped base that hugs the stem. The flowers are terminal, usually several are arranged in bifurcated cymes, and the flowers are yellow. Capsule conical. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter.