Pinyin ZònɡBāYè

Alias winter leaves and palm leaves

Source: whole grass _ leaf of Araliaceae.

Latin animal and plant mineral name: PhryniumcapitatumWilld.

Harvest in spring and summer, use fresh or cut into sections to dry.

Original form _ leaves, perennial herbs, about 1m high, thick rhizomes. Ye Jisheng; Petiole about 60cm long, pillow 3-7cm long, glabrous. Leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 25-50 cm long and 10-22 cm wide, with short and sharp tip, sharp base and no hair on both sides. The head is nearly spherical, about 5 cm in diameter, sessile, and originated from the leaf sheath; Bracts are oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 cm long, purplish red, with a pointed tip at first and then fibrous; Each bract has 3 pairs of flowers, sessile; Sepals rose-shaped, ca. 1 cm, sericeous. The fruit is pear-shaped, millet-colored, 3-sided, long 1- 1.2cm, and the exocarp is hard. 2-3 seeds with shallow furrows and small warts. Flowering period may-July.

Habitat division ecological environment: born in the shade of dense forest.

Distribution of resources: Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

Cultivate biological attributes, like warmth, wetness and falsehood. It is advisable to choose dark and humid land with deep and fertile soil layer for farming.

Cultivation techniques, using the method of ramet propagation. In early spring, some newly-grown stout plants are dug out from the mother plant as seedlings, and divided into several plots, with 3-4 aboveground stems left in each plot, and the leaves at the lower parts of the stems are fried, and pits are dug in rows of 120× 100cm, with a pit depth of about 30cm, and each pit species 1 plot is covered with soil.

Field management, timely intertillage and weeding after emergence, topdressing 2-3 times a year, and the fertilizer is mainly human and animal manure.

Sweet in nature; Light; Minor Cold

Indications: clearing away heat and toxic materials; Cooling blood to stop bleeding; Diuretics. Main cold and fever; Dysentery; Hematemesis; Bleeding; Blood collapse; Oral ulcer; Mute; have difficulty in urination

Usage and dosage: decoction, 6-15g; Or mash fresh grass to get juice.

Excerpts from Chinese Materia Medica