Pueraria lobata, also known as Pueraria lobata and Pueraria lobata, belongs to Pueraria of Leguminosae. Generally speaking, Pueraria lobata is the tuber of this plant, which is a new green and healthy longevity food and a fast-selling export product.
Kelp is another name for kelp.
The original plant duckweed is a floating aquatic grass. There are slender roots 1 strip, 3 ~ 4 cm long, hanging in water; The root sheath has no appendages and the apex is blunt. The phyllodes are symmetrical, oval, obovate or nearly round, 2 ~ 5 mm long and 2 ~ 3 mm wide, smooth and opaque on both sides, all light green or dark green, with three inconspicuous veins. Flowers unisexual, monoecious, born at the notch on the edge of the thallus; The spatula is saccate, with two lips at the upper end, and there are female flowers 1 flower and two male flowers; Male flower anthers 2-loculed, filaments slender; Female flowers only 1 pistil, ovary 1 room. The fruit is nearly gyro-shaped, wingless or with narrow wings. Seeds 1 grain, with deep longitudinal veins. The flowering period is from June to July.
Born in ponds, lakes or ponds. It is widely distributed throughout the country.
Harvesting and processing, and harvesting from June to September. Remove from the water, wash, remove impurities, and spread out to dry.
Characteristics of medicinal materials The phyllodes of this product are flat and small, oval, obovate or nearly round, single, 2 ~ 6 mm long and 2 ~ 3 mm wide, with dark green on both sides and roots 1 strip below. Light and thin, soft and fragile. Slight breath, light taste. It is better to be dry, complete, green and free from impurities.
Sexual taste and function are pungent and cold. Dispelling wind, penetrating rash and diuresis. Used for penetrating measles, urticaria, itchy skin, edema and oliguria. The usual dosage is 3 ~ 9g; Wash it with appropriate amount of decoction for external use.
Note This product is used as medicine for duckweed in some areas of East China, but it is different from the duckweed recorded in Pharmacopoeia, which is the whole grass with roots of purple duckweed. See Volume II of this Atlas, page 1 14.
Functions: Dispelling wind, penetrating rash and inducing diuresis. Used for penetrating measles, urticaria, itchy skin, edema and oliguria. The usual dosage is 3 ~ 9g; Wash it with appropriate amount of decoction for external use.
Taste: pungent, cold.
Cortex Moutan is also known as Cortex Moutan, Powder Cortex Moutan, Striped Cortex Moutan and Woody Peony. Cortex Moutan contains paeoniflorin (paeonol and paeoniflorin are generated after enzymolysis), paeoniflorin, paeonol, volatile oil, sterol alkaloids and phytosterols. Paeonol is the main active ingredient in Cortex Moutan, which is volatile and can be distilled with water vapor at a certain vapor pressure. Paeonol is a colorless needle crystal at room temperature, and its solubility in water is very low.