Perennial herb, more than 30 centimeters high. Stem thin and round, branched from the base, containing white latex. Leaves alternate; leaf blade linear, 3 cm long or so, less than 3 mm wide, apex slightly pointed or obtuse, base tapering into an inconspicuous short stalk, entire. Cyathia terminal; flowering branches 3-times branched; bracts ovate-triangular or broadly triangular, involucre 2-parted, rounded; ovary 3-loculed, styles 3, separate, apically 2-lobed. Capsule trigonous-globose, ca. 2 mm in diameter, surface yellow. Seeds rectangular-ovoid, yellow.
Cat's Eye has diuretic and swelling, pulling out poison and relieving itching. Used for swelling of the limbs, dysuria, malaria; external treatment of cervical lymph node tuberculosis, sores and ringworm scratching. The efficacy. It is mainly used for swelling of the limbs, urinary incontinence, malaria; external treatment of cervical lymph node tuberculosis, ringworm and itching. Consumption of Cat's Eye is good for the lungs and liver, with a bitter, cool flavor. Poisonous herbs, do not consume cat's eye if only for external use, take the appropriate amount of this flavor of Chinese herbs, boiled into a paste to use externally on the affected area or grind the herbs into powder form, add water to make a paste, apply with the affected area. Can be taken internally as a flavor of Chinese herbs, consumption method for decoction of the dregs of the medicine to drink the juice, the daily dosage of this flavor of herbs in the 3-9 grams, or this flavor of Chinese herbs made into pills or bulk use of the agent. Example of consumption: treatment of cervical lymph node tuberculosis has been broken into a tube: cat's eye herb decoction into a paste, appropriate amount of external compresses on the affected area.
2, the August Za is the fruit of the plant Bentong family Mutong, three-leafed Mutong, white Bentong. Picked in August-September when the fruit is ripe, sun-dried, or soaked in boiling water and then sun-dried. The surface is light yellowish brown to earthy brown, wrinkled, the wrinkles of the mature ones are coarse and sparse, and the wrinkles of the immature ones are fine and dense. The pericarp is thick, leathery or slightly horny.
August Za is a general liver-dispersing and qi dispersing medicine, commonly used for distension and pain in the liver area, breast distension and pain, and can be used to treat enlarged lymph nodes, thyroid nodules, breast nodules, etc.; it is also used for the treatment of cancers, such as gastrointestinal tract tumors, liver cancer, breast cancer, and thyroid cancer. On the one hand, it is used to ease the liver and regulate qi in order to improve the symptoms, and on the other hand, it is a qi dispersing medicine which is rarely found in anti-cancer herbs.