The efficacy and function of big lip fragrance

Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years. It has appeared at a very early time, and it has very satisfactory effects on the treatment of diseases. There are many types of traditional Chinese medicine. Do you know the medicinal material Fragrance of Coix lacryma-cot?

【Other name】 Mountain mint; wild mint

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the Lamiaceae family.

[Original form] Belong to the family Cyperaceae, perennial herb, about 60cm tall. The stem is quadrangular and densely covered with purple hooked hairs. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.5-2cm long, densely covered with purple small hooked hairs; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 3-6cm long, 1.5-2.5cm wide, densely covered with purple small hooked hairs; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 3-6cm long, 1.5-2.5cm wide, obtuse or acute at apex, cuneate at base, with crenate teeth on margin, pubescent or nearly glabrous on upper surface, nearly glabrous on lower surface except for short pubescence on veins. The pseudospike inflorescence grows on the main stem and the upper part of the axillary short branches, and is composed of a unilateral, 2-flowered cyme, which gradually becomes denser upwards. The bracts are ovate, nearly sessile, and entire; the pedicel is 2-2.5mm long, reaching 4mm when fruiting, and densely covered with short soft hairs; the calyx is bell-shaped, about 5mm long, covered with short soft hairs on the outside, with an eyelash hair ring on the inner side of the throat, two lips, the upper lip has 3 teeth, the middle teeth are nearly round, and the lower lip has 2 teeth, and the teeth are drill-shaped; the corolla is white, up to 2cm long, the corolla tube is extremely slender, about 8mm, covered with sparse soft hairs on the outside, the lip is up to 12mm long, extending at right angles to the corolla tube, and the middle lobe is rhombus-oblate; the 4 stamens are exposed; the disk is tiny, shallowly disc-shaped, and entire; the ovary is 4-lobed and covered with bubble-like hairs. The nutlets are obovate, yellow-brown, and slightly reticulated. Flowering period is July-August.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown under mountain forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; slightly bitter; cool

【Function and indication】 Release heat; clear away heat and detoxify. Mainly used for colds, lung abscesses, and dysentery

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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