Excerpts from Chinese Materia Medica

begonia

Lobelia macrophylla ?

Source?

Source of medicinal materials: whole grass with rhizome of Begonia of Begonia family.

Latin plant and animal mineral name: begonia? Delicious? Rafer.

Harvest and storage: digging in summer and autumn, washing, drying or fresh use.

Perennial succulent herb in primitive form, up to 40 cm high. With tubers and fibrous roots, the stem is as high as 12cm, and the branches and total pedicels have longitudinal grooves and warty spots. Leaves opposite; Petiole length15-20cm; Leaf blade is nearly round, length and width 12- 15cm, the apex is blunt, 5-9 split to one third of the depth of the leaf, the lobes are broadly triangular, tapering, the base is heart-shaped, nearly symmetrical, the upper part is dark green, the lower part is green, the two sides are hairless, and the edges have fine teeth. 2. Dictyophora, the total pedicel is born in the axil of the lower opposite leaf, and sometimes in the axil of the upper second opposite leaf (at this time, 1 leaf becomes an inflorescence), with 4 flowers, red. The capsule is nearly spherical with 3 wings, of which 1 wing is larger, about 1cm long and twice as wide, with obvious longitudinal veins and blunt apex.

Habitat distribution?

Ecological environment: born in dense forest wetlands or waterside.

Resource distribution: distributed in southwest, Guangdong and Guangxi.

Sour taste; Astringent; Sexual apathy

Functional indications? Clearing away heat and toxic materials; Cooling blood to stop bleeding; Remove blood stasis and reduce swelling. Main sore, furuncle and toxic swelling; Dysentery; Pulmonary heat hemoptysis; Hematemesis; Bloody stool; Traumatic bleeding; Fall, injury and swelling; Snake bite

Usage and dosage: decocted, 9- 15g. External use: appropriate amount, fresh mashed.

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