(Records of Jiangsu Medicinal Materials)

The source is the whole grass of Lespedeza tenuifolia, a leguminous plant.

Lespedeza tenuifolia in plant morphology

Shrub, 50 ~100 cm high. Branches are scattered, branchlets are slender, striped and covered with fluff. Stipules are stiff and persistent; 3 compound leaves, lobules oval or oval-oblong, length1~1.5 cm, width 7 ~ 9 mm, blunt apex, short tip, round base, slightly curled edge, with white hairs on the back, nearly leathery. Racemes are axillary, and the total flower stalks are thin and hairy; Bracts lanceolate; Small flowers, development; Calyx bell-shaped, 5-parted, lobes lanceolate; Corolla is butterfly-shaped, white or slightly yellow, with wide flag petals and purple spots at the base, which is shorter than keel petals; Stamens10,2-body; The ovary is superior, the style is inflected, the stigma is small and terminal. Pods are round and often do not exceed sepals. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruiting period is 9 ~10 month.

Born on the roadside, in the jungle on the hillside. Distributed in southern, central and northern China.

Indications: ① Records of Jiangsu Medicinal Materials: "Treating malaria."

② Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine of Su Yi: "Treating heatstroke."

Administration and dosage: decoction, 0.5 ~1two.

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