2. Xiancao, also known as Xiancao and Mesona blume, is an annual herbaceous perennial plant, which can benefit for many years after being planted for one year, with a height of about 100 cm; The stems are initially fluffy and fine setose, and are slightly old and clean. Leaves opposite, with petioles 2 ~15 mm long; Leaf blade broadly ovoid to narrowly ovoid, sometimes suborbicular, 2 ~ 5.5 cm long or over, both surfaces pilose or only on the lower veins, sometimes subglabrous. Flowers bloom in late autumn. The cymbals are arranged in a terminal raceme with a length of 2 ~ 8 cm; Bracts are round or rhomboid-ovate, with tail-shaped tips, often slightly longer than flowers; Calyx seed-shaped, 2 ~ 2.5 mm long, with 10 longitudinal vein and many transverse venules, densely white pilose, 3-cleft upper lip, especially middle cleft, whole lower lip or slightly concave; Corolla is white or reddish, 3 ~ 3.5 mm long, upper lip is wide and big, with 4 teeth, middle 2 teeth are not obvious, and lower lip is boat-shaped. Mesona chinensis powder is processed from Mesona chinensis as the main raw material.
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