Medicinal name red child From "botanical names and facts chart".　Pinyin name hong hai er English name Herb of Laciniate Begonia Alias Red Anemone, Tiger Begonia, Stone Lotus, Half Lotus, Nine-toothed Lotus, Rock Red Lotus, Rock Red, Blood Centipede, Centipede VII, Octopus Lotus, Red Pole Flyer.　Original botanical name Begonia palmata D.Don. [B.laciniata Roxb.] Family Classification Begoniaceae Herbal base source is the whole grass of Begonia split-leafed begonias in the family Begoniaceae. The whole herb is dug up in summer and fall, washed and dried in the sun.　Efficacy Classification Heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine. [1] Edit Introduction Taste Sweet; Sour; Cold Effects Clearing heat and removing toxins; dispersing blood stasis and subduing swellings. Lung fever and cough; boils and carbuncles; dysmenorrhea; amenorrhea; rheumatism and heat paralysis; bruises and swelling; snake scald injuries Usage and dosage For internal use: decoction, 9-15g; minced or soaked in wine. Externally: Appropriate amount, freshly pounded.　(1) "Botanical Nomenclature and Facts": treating lumbar pain.　(2) "Lu Chuan Materia Medica": leaves: anti-inflammatory and detoxification. Treatment of boils, carbuncle, urination, snake bites.　(3) Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory: the whole plant: treat rheumatism and bone pain, stomachache, indigestion. Root: treating vomiting blood.　(4) Selected Chinese Herbs of Yunnan: clearing heat and removing toxins, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, dispersing blood stasis and eliminating swelling. Cure colds, acute bronchitis, pneumonia. [1] Edit Phytomorphology Both stems and petioles are densely or rust-brown interwoven tomentose; leaf blades are highly variable in outline and size, usually obliquely ovate, 5-16 centimeters long, 3.5-13 centimeters wide, shallowly to moderately lobed, segments broadly triangular to narrowly triangular, apex acuminate, margins toothed or minutely toothed, base obliquely cordate at an angle of (30) 90-130 degrees, densely covered above with short and rounded sclerotia at base, sometimes scattered hirsute hairs, sometimes with scattered hirsute hairs, sometimes with scattered hirsute hairs, sometimes with scattered hirsute hairs. above densely covered with short, rounded sclerotia at base, sometimes scattered sclerotia, below densely or rust-brown interwoven tomentum along veins; flowers rose or white, outside of tepals densely covered with mixed hairs. Fl. beginning Jun, fr. beginning Jul. Edit Origin and Habitat Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan Island, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan. Born in shady wetlands near rivers, on shady rocks in valleys, on rocky ledges in dense forests, on damp places near shady rocks in valleys, under broad-leaved evergreen forests on mountain slopes, on rocky ledges under forests in rocky mountains, on damp rocks in forests, 100-1700 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.