("New Ginseng in Pieces")

Alias eight-ribbed hemp (Medicinal Herbs), green bamboo standard (Investigation of Guizhou Plant Medicine), eight-faced wind and three-edged grass (Guizhou Herbs).

The source is the whole grass of Saussurea involucrata, a compositae plant.

Plant morphology Saussurea involucrata

Biennial herb. The stem is erect, thick and fat, with a height of 50 ~150 meters, sparse glandular points and fine hairs, prominent longitudinal edges and spreading upper branches. Rooted leaves and lower leaves are stalked, oblong, 20-30 cm long, pinnately divided, with 7-8 pairs of lobes, the top lobe is oblong-lanceolate, the lobes on both sides are long and narrow, the apex is round and blunt, and both sides are covered with glandular spots and fine hairs; The upper leaves are gradually narrowed, elliptic, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, pinnately divided or entire, sessile, or the base extends downward into wing stalks and even stems. There are many heads, with a diameter of1~1.6 cm, forming a dense corymbose flower cluster; Involucre tubular or cup-shaped, 8 ~12 mm long and 6 ~ 8 mm wide; Bracts are multi-layered, the outer bracts are short and small, the apex is blunt, the middle and inner bracts are linear, the top has a round membranous appendage, and the back and apex are usually purple; The tubular corolla is purplish red and is10 ~14 mm long. Achenes ca. 4 mm long; Hairless; The crown hair has two layers, the outer layer is short and the inner layer is feathery. The flowering period is September ~1October.

Growing in hillside grassland. Distributed in East China and Central and South China.

Collect the whole grass around July and dry it.

The medicinal materials are dried whole grass, with cylindrical stems, 70 ~100 cm long, 9 mm thick in diameter, brown in appearance, ridged and protruding in leaf scars. Hard and light, with white pith and a small hole in it. The leaves are dark green or brown, mostly fallen off, and the petiole is long. All are furred. Weak breath and bitter taste.

Mainly produced in Jiangsu.

Processing and cleaning, picking weeds, cutting into small pieces, drying in the sun, and using raw.

Sexual taste is hard and flat.

① New Ginseng in Pieces: "Bitter in taste, flat in nature."

② Investigation on Plant Medicine in Guizhou: "Hard work, cold."

Function is mainly used to dispel wind and promote blood circulation. Treat rheumatism, arthralgia, traumatic injury and leprosy.

① New Ginseng in Pieces: "Promoting blood circulation and expelling wind, relieving arthralgia and relieving pain."

② Investigation on Plant Medicine in Guizhou: "Relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, chasing wind and relieving pain."

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 6 yuan. External use: decocting and washing.

It is advisable to avoid the new ginseng of decoction pieces: "the weak with blood deficiency and qi should not use it."

Prescription ① Treatment of rheumatic joint pain: bamboo is marked with three to five yuan, and decocted with water.

② Treatment of falls and injuries: bamboo is marked with one or two, and soaked in wine.

③ Treatment of leprosy: green bamboo label, stir-fried rice firewood and hairy tung are in equal amounts, and decocted water is often washed. (The selected prescription is "Guizhou Herbal Medicine")

Remind you: Balengmu, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.