Scientific name and family name Lycopus lucidus Turkz. —— Labiatae of Labiatae.
Perennial herbs with plant morphology; The rhizome is transverse, and the top is cylindrical. At this time, there are scales and a few fibrous roots on the nodes, or there are hypertrophy underground stems with scales on the side. The stem is erect, 0.6 ~1.7 meters high. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 4-8 cm long and1.2-2.5 cm wide, with a tapering apex, a tapering base, rough and sharp serrations at the edges, hairless on both sides and concave glandular points below; Petiole is extremely short or subsessile. The cyme is sessile, with many flowers in a dense spherical shape, and bracteoles are attached to it; Bracteoles are ovoid to lanceolate, the outer ones are longer than calyx, and the inner ones are equal to or shorter than calyx; Calyx bell-shaped, about 3 mm long, glabrous, with glandular points, calyx teeth 5, lanceolate triangle, with predestined relationship; The corolla is white, 5 mm long, the crown tube is about 3 mm long, the throat is white and hairy, there are glandular spots outside the brim, which are slightly lipped, the upper lip is nearly round, and the lower lip is 3-lobed; Stamens are fertile only on the anterior pair, beyond the corolla, degenerated on the posterior pair, filiform, and clavate at the apex; Style beyond corolla, apex 2-lobed, lobes equal. Nutlets are obovate quadrangles, with length 1.6 mm and width 1.2 mm, brown, flat back, angular ventral surface and glandular points. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from September to10.
Habitat or place of origin is in hillside marshes, ditches and waterside wetlands. It is distributed all over the province.
Collecting whole grass for medicine. Harvest before flowering from June to July, cut the whole grass and dry it in the sun.
Bitter in nature, slightly warm.
Efficacy: promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging channels, promoting water circulation and treating sores and ulcers. (1) Irregular menstruation and amenorrhea: Eupatorium adenophorum San Qian, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, San Qian and Radix Glycyrrhizae, decocted with water. (2) Postpartum congestion and abdominal pain: Eupatorium adenophorum San Qian, Radix Paeoniae Rubra San Qian, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae Siqian, Rhizoma Corydalis San Qian, Pollen Typhae San Qian (cloth bag), decocted with water. (3) Body edema: Eupatorium adenophorum five dollars, Rhizoma Imperatae one or two, Alisma orientale San Qian, Plantago asiatica four dollars, Watermelon peel one or two, decocted in water. (4) Injuries from falls and sores: Lycopi pounded the affected area.
The dosage is two to five yuan for oral administration; Appropriate amount for external use.
The main difference between var.hirtus Regel, a variety of bamboo shoots produced in this province, and the original species is that there are small upward bristles on the stem edges, and the dense hard towels on the nodes are ten-lanceolate, with dense bristles on the top, close hairs on the leaf edges and bristles on the lower veins. All of them are used as herbs of Eupatorium adenophorum.