Alias: Epimedium, Luying, Elderberry, Whip, Bud, Fengjingcao, Zidinglongya, iron whip, Dog Tooth Grass and White Whip.

Instructions for use: for oral administration: decocted, 15 ~ 30g (twice as much as fresh); I still took the pills and dispersed them. External use: appropriate amount, external application or decoction.

Brief introduction of verbena:

This product is a perennial herb of Verbena officinalis L., a Verbenaceae plant, which is born on hillside, forest edge, roadside or stream. Distributed in Central South, Southwest and Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu] Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan and other places. Harvest wild products when flowers bloom in summer and autumn; Cultivated products can be harvested 2-3 times a year, washed, cut into sections and dried in the sun. Verbena root is cylindrical. The stems are square and cylindrical, with many branches and longitudinal grooves on all sides. The surface is greenish brown or yellowish green, rough, hard and brittle, and the cross section is pithy or hollow. All leaves are opposite, the leaves are green-brown, 3-lobed, the edges are serrated, the spikes are slender, and there are many small flowers. The fruit is small, the nut is grayish yellow, and it falls off a lot, with a slight smell and bitter taste. The color is preferably green with flowers.

Verbena related groups:

Insufficient qi and blood, weak stomach qi, pregnant women should use it with caution.

Therapeutic effect of verbena:

This taste is bitter, pungent and slightly cold. Meridian of liver, spleen and kidney. Efficacy: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation, detoxifying and killing insects. Indications: common cold and fever, sore throat, jaundice, dysentery and malaria, edema and swelling, dysuria, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, traumatic injury, carbuncle, sore, swelling and itching of vulva.

Verbena production guide:

For influenza fever, it can be combined with Notopterygium root and Artemisia annua to clear away heat and relieve exterior syndrome and eliminate pathogenic factors; For patients with blood stasis and abdominal distension, it can be combined with herbs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as Rhizoma Sparganii, Rhizoma Curcumae and Radix Angelicae Sinensis. For carbuncle and sore caused by heat toxin, it can be used with dandelion, viola yedoensis and wild onion to clear away heat and toxic materials and eliminate carbuncle.