Pinyin name yjià n qiú
English name All grass of Unispike Kyllinga
Nicknames: Golden Bougainvillea, Trifolium Bambusae, Cold-dispelling Grass, Shuibaizu, Yanhanzhu, Singles Hammer, Sanjian, Baidingcao, Huocaocao, Dingzhucao and Shuicentipede.
source
The source of medicinal materials: the whole grass with rhizome of centipede with single spike in Cyperaceae.
Latin plant and animal mineral name: Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. [Schoenus coloratus Lour]
Harvest and storage: it can be collected all year round, washed, rarely used or dried.
In its original form, the centipede is a perennial herb. With creeping rhizomes. The culms are scattered or sparsely clustered, thin, flat, sharp and triangular, and the base does not expand. The leaves are linear, 2.85-4.5mm wide, flat and weak, and the edges are sparsely serrated; Leaf sheaths short, brown, or with brown spots. Bracts 3-4, leaflike, obliquely spreading. Inflorescence 1, less than 2-3, ovoid or spherical, 5-9mm long and 5-7mm wide. With many spikelets; Spikelets nearly obovate or oblate, compressed, 2.5-3mm long, with 1 flower; Scales are membranous, boat-shaped, pale or straw yellow, with rust spots, 3-4 veins on both sides, keel-like protrusions on the back, wings, narrow lower parts of wings, slightly outward-curved short tips at the apex, and marginal hairy spines; Male z core 3; Style long, stigma 2. Nutlets are oblong or obovate-oblong, about 1/2 in length, brown, with dense fine points, with extremely short tips, and flowering from May to August.
Habitat distribution
Ecological environment: Born on hillside, under forest, beside ditches, fields, near water and wet places in the wilderness.
Distribution of resources: distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
It is collected and processed in July 7~ 10/October, and rarely used or dried.
Pungent in nature; Bitter; Sexual equality.
Meridian-returning lung; Liver meridian.
Function indication: dispersing lung and relieving cough; Clearing away heat and toxic materials; Dispelling blood stasis and reducing swelling; Insect control and malaria control. Main cold and cough; Pertussis; Sore throat; Dysentery; Snakebite; Malaria; Injury from falls; The skin itches.
Administration and dosage: decoction, 30-60g. External use: appropriate amount, tamping; Or decoct and wash.
Pay attention to "Guangxi Common Folk Chinese Herbal Medicine": pregnant women and those with yin deficiency and internal heat should not take it.
Attached prescription
1. Treatment of pertussis and deficiency cough: one arrow and two balls, two crystal sugar. Decoct with water.
2. Cure malaria: one arrow, two balls, three balls. Mash, two hours before the onset, make wine clothes. The dosage of children should be reduced and decocted in water. (It is advisable to avoid the following "Guangxi Common Folk Herbs") 3. Treating bacillary dysentery: one arrow and two balls to three. Decoct in water and take it three times a day. ("Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine") 4. Treatment of traumatic bleeding: an arrow ball is appropriate. Mash it and apply it to the affected area. ("Guangxi Common Herbs") 5. Treatment of snake wounds: Fresh an arrow ball, mash it and apply it around the wound. ("Guangxi folk commonly used herbs") 6. Treatment of falls and injuries: one to two arrows, decoction in water, and a little wine. ("Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine") 7. Treating sore throat: one to two ounces of an arrow ball, decocted in water, ("Color Atlas of Common Chinese Herbal Medicine") 8. Treating itchy skin: decocting and washing fresh grass with an arrow ball. (Color Atlas of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines)
Various scholars discussed "Guangxi Common Folk Herbs" for killing insects, detoxicating, diuresis, reducing fever, removing blood stasis, relieving pain, promoting granulation, strengthening spleen, promoting digestion and promoting qi circulation.
Clinical application in the treatment of pertussis in children. A pill of fresh whole grass 1-2, decocted in water, added with sugar for 2-3 times, daily 1 dose, has better curative effect on catarrhal stage. In the period of convulsion and cough, this product is usually 5 yuan, with Houttuynia cordata 1 2; If it is complicated with infection, you can add a little red 5 yuan and take it 2-3 times. About 200 cases were treated, and most of them recovered or improved on 7- 10.
Excerpt from Chinese materia medica