The efficacy and function of yellow grass flower

Yellow grass flower is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. We can use yellow grass flower to treat many diseases, and it also has good health-preserving effects. Therefore, we can use the different medicinal effects of yellow grass flower to solve some small problems that bother us in life.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the gray-green and yellow cocoon of the Poppy family.

[Original form] Gray-green Corydalis is a perennial herb, 18-40cm tall. Gray-green, hairless, more or less covered with white powder. The roots are fleshy, with a distinct taproot, branched, and brown-yellow in color. The rhizome is thick. Stems tufted, often much branched. There are many basal leaves with long petioles. The leaf blades are fleshy, ovate in outline, 4-9cm long, tripinnately divided, one lobe with short petioles, often 4-5 pairs, the last lobe ovate to obovate, then 2-4 deeply divided, with obtuse apex, often with short apices; stem leaves are similar to basal leaves. The racemes are terminal or axillary, 3-15cm long, with more than 10 flowers sparsely; the bracts are subulate, 3-10mm long; the pedicels are slightly shorter than the bracts; the sepals are ovate, about 3-4mm long, with teeth on the margins; the corolla is yellow, the outer upper petal is 12-14mm long, the apex is cucullate and concave, with a short tip, the spur is cylindrical, the end is more or less curved, the length is 1/4-1/3 of the petal length, the lower petal is slightly shorter than the upper petal; the ovary is narrowly ovate, and the stigma has 4-8 papillae. The capsule is nearly linear, 18-22mm long. Seeds in one row, 6-8 pieces, black, shiny, with surface densely covered with fine pits, and small and extended caruncle. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is July-August.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in dry soil slopes or hillside shrubs at an altitude of 1000-2400m.

【Properties】 1. Characteristic identification The whole plant is 28-35cm long or in small segments of 0.5-3cm. The stem is cylindrical and much branched; the surface is gray-green to green, with longitudinal ridges and longitudinal fine lines; the texture is brittle, and the cross section is hollow or has pith. The leaves are mostly wrinkled or broken, and the basal leaves and leaves at the bottom of the stem have long petioles; when the leaves are flattened, the intact ones are obovate, 6-9cm long, three-pinnately divided, gray-green, light green or yellow-green. The racemes are located at the top of the branches, mostly curled or broken, with one lanceolate bract under each flower, light green; two calyxes, membranous, light brown; corolla yellow, with short spurs, 8-12mm long. The capsules are mostly cracked and the shell is green-brown. It has a light fragrance and a slightly astringent taste. For medicinal purposes, it is usually cut into short sections, 0.5-3cm long and 1-6mm in diameter. The cross section of the stem is hollow or has pith, and is white or yellowish white.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Meridian】 Lung; Liver; Gallbladder

【Functions and indications】 Clears the lungs and relieves cough; clears the liver and promotes bile secretion; relieves pain. Mainly used for lung heat cough; fever and chest pain; liver and gallbladder damp heat; hypochondriasis; fever; loss of greasy food; jaundice; damp heat diarrhea

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above only introduces some of the effects and functions of yellow grass flower. In fact, it also has other effects, which I will not introduce here one by one. If you are interested, you can take a look at the effects and matters recorded in medical books.