Alias copperhead grass, beautiful gold buttons, fine anesthetic, small anesthetic, dragon crossing, yellow flowers and plants, everywhere red, oolong crossing the river.

A. H. Moore, a plant from Compositae, Spiranthes callimorpha, is used as a whole herb as medicine. It can be harvested in all seasons, especially in autumn. Wash it and use it fresh or dry it in the sun and grind it into powder.

Sexual taste is pungent, bitter and warm. There is a little poison.

Function indications: expelling wind and removing dampness, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Used for fracture, traumatic injury, rheumatic joint pain, amenorrhea, stomach cold pain, toothache, common cold, and traumatic bleeding.

Usage and dosage1~ 3 RMB, decocted in water or soaked in wine for several times. Appropriate amount for external use, dry powder sprinkled on the affected area.

Pay attention to pregnant women's taboo.

Note: (1) is slightly toxic, so it should not be taken too much. If it is poisoned, it will cause numbness all over the body.

Excerpt from "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine"