Also known as snow strip ginseng and red strip ginseng

Medical source: It is the root of the Asteraceae plant Sericaria umbellata.

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Soroseris umbrella (Franch.) Stebb. [CrepisumbrelleFranch.]

Harvesting and storage: Harvested in summer and autumn, sliced ??and sun-dried.

The original form of Umbrella sererinella is a perennial herb, fleshy, 5-18cm high; with woody rhizomes. The petioles have sparse long bristles; the basal leaves are mostly dark purple-red, the lower leaves are oval, the upper leaves are lanceolate or strip-shaped, 3-12cm long, 0.8-5cm wide, with blunt apex, short pubescence or hairless. , the edges are serrated, and the lower part of the leaves sometimes has small lobes. The flower head is dense, the stem is 1.5-8cm long, with 1-4 leaflets or lanceolate bracts; the involucre is 15-20mm long; the outer bracts are 2-4, wide and strip-shaped, the same length or slightly longer than the inner bracts. Short, inner involucre bracts 10-15, lanceolate, apex acute, edge membranous, sparsely hirsute or glabrous; tongue-shaped flower yellow, 12-20mm long, tongue tip apex 5-toothed, tube long 5.5-9mm. Achenes, narrow and oblong, dark brown, 3-6mm long; pappus white. Flowering and fruiting period is July.

Habitat distribution

Ecological environment: Born in mountains, grasslands or rocky slopes at an altitude of 3400-3900m.

Resource distribution: distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.

Bitter; sweet; warm in nature

Functions: Replenishing qi and blood. Mainly used for physical weakness; dizziness; weakness of limbs

Usage and dosage Oral administration: decoction, 3-9g