Schizonepeta tenuifolia, a drug for relieving exterior syndrome, is a Chinese herbal medicine that can be seen everywhere in rural areas.

How delicious is Schizonepeta tenuifolia? Maybe adults will know it's delicious.

Eat Schizonepeta with gluten in summer, and put a handful of Schizonepeta in a bowl of noodles. It's delicious. But it may not be clear to everyone that Schizonepeta tenuifolia, as a Chinese herbal medicine, is widely used in Chinese medicine. Relieve exterior syndrome, dispel wind, penetrate rash and eliminate sores.

Rapid identification of Schizonepeta tenuifolia:

Schizonepeta tenuifolia has irregular lobes. The stem is a square column with yellow-green or purple-red surface and is pubescent. The section is white, and many leaves have fallen off. Panicle, corolla falling off, bell-shaped calyx, fragrant, slightly astringent and spicy. Schizonepeta charcoal is dark brown, similar to Schizonepeta, slightly fragrant, bitter and pungent.

From the perspective of sexual taste function, Schizonepeta tenuifolia is warm. Usually used for colds, headaches, measles, rubella and ulcers. Schizonepeta tenuifolia charcoal is pungent, astringent and slightly warm, and has the effect of astringing and stopping bleeding. Commonly used for hematochezia, metrorrhagia, postpartum blood halo. The usual dosage is 5 to 10g.

Origin:

Schizonepeta tenuifolia is the dry aerial part of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, mainly produced in Hebei, Jiangsu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

Selected prescriptions:

1. Sore throat: 5g of Schizonepeta, 4g of Platycodon grandiflorum and 3g of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.

2. Measles is impenetrable: 6 grams of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, 6 grams of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 6 grams of duckweed, 9 grams of reed rhizome and 9 grams of Arnebia euchroma, decocted in water.

3. Skin itching: Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Sophora flavescens each15 ~ 30g, decocted, and washed with water.