Malan head, also known as Malan, Malai, Malang head, red stalked vegetables, chickens, roadside chrysanthemums or field chrysanthemums, the southern folk called Chicken intestines, Sichuan called loach string, and so on. It is a perennial herb of Asteraceae family. Stem erect, sometimes slightly reddish, leaf veins usually away from the base 3 out, the surface is rough, both sides have short hairs, spring pick its young stem and leaves for vegetables called Malan head. According to the analysis of the young stems and leaves of Malan head containing water, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, potassium, vitamin B, niacin and so on. According to Chinese medicine, Malantou is pungent, cool and slightly cold in nature, and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, cooling the blood to stop bleeding, and inducing dampness and swelling. It is mainly used for treating sore throat, painful boils and sores, jaundice, edema, dysentery and gonorrhea.

Taste: sweet, flat, slightly cold, non-toxic.

Composition: Containing protein, fat, vitamin c, organic acid.

Functions: clearing heat and stopping bleeding, with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It is suitable for vomiting blood and epistaxis, acute hepatitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, mumps and mastitis and other purulent inflammation.

[Vomiting blood, epistaxis, epistaxis and subcutaneous hemorrhagic erythema, etc.

Fresh red stalked ma lang root or the whole herb in appropriate amount, washed and mashed and twisted juice, with warm water, or a large amount of the whole herb boiled juice. There is also a green shell duck eggs and Malan head with boiled, cooked and then broken its shell and then boiled to duck egg color, eat eggs and drink soup.

[Jaundice or jaundice-free acute hepatitis]

Red stalks of Malan root 30~60 grams, decoction with water, or with other medicines symptomatic prescription.

[Acute pharyngolaryngitis, tonsillitis, epiglottitis, acute conjunctival pancreatitis, stomatitis, periodontitis]

Fresh whole herb 60~120 grams (30~60 grams of dried herb), decoction with water.

[Prevention of influenza, diphtheria]

Malanthus, honeysuckle, licorice, decoction tea.

[Women's reverse menstruation]

Malan whole herb 30~60 grams, water decoction with a little yellow wine to drink.

[Mastitis, carbuncle boils, bruises and swellings]

Fresh Malan with a pinch of salt, mashed together, mixed with rice vinegar, coated with the affected area, and another 30-60 grams of Malan root, decocted with water and wine.

[Children's noma, noma eyes, night blindness]

Malan head fried pig liver (or sheep liver) to eat.

[Hypertension, fundus hemorrhage, glaucoma, eyeball distension]

Malan root 30 grams, 15 grams of raw land, such as constipation plus raw rhubarb 6~9 grams, water decoction, twice a day divided into doses.