Chinese herbal medicine "Datou Chen" is a benign plant that is effective in treating diseases. If someone experiences symptoms of a cold with wind-cold properties, such as a headache, they can use "Datou Chen" as a traditional Chinese medicine to regulate their condition. It can also be used to treat symptoms of indigestion and other related conditions.
"Datou Chen" is an annual herbaceous plant that is not easily found. Its rhizome is very thick and it has a certain effect in treating dermatitis. It is also effective in treating common symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea.
"Ball flower musk" is an annual herbaceous plant that grows to about 1 meter tall. The entire plant is covered with fine multicellular hairs. The stem is erect, solitary or branched. The leaves are opposite, with short petioles, and semi-clasping the stem. The leaf blades are elliptical, 3-5 cm long, blunt at the apex, with finely serrated edges and small glandular dots on the back. The inflorescence is spike-like and short, terminal or axillary. The bracts are lanceolate, gradually decreasing upwards, with the lower ones longer than the flowers. The flowers are sessile, with 2 bracteoles, filament-like; the calyx has 5 sepals, appressed, narrowly lanceolate, slightly unequal in width; the corolla is purple or deep blue-purple, 6-7 mm long, with the upper lip erect, oval, with a concave apex, and the lower lip expanded and 3-lobed; there are 4 stamens, with the anterior pair slightly longer, only one locule of the anther developing, the posterior pair with one locule developing and the other small and hollow. The capsule is ovoid, covered by persistent calyx, brownish-brown. The flowering and fruiting period is in October.
If someone experiences symptoms of dermatitis, they can crush "Datou Chen" and apply it to the affected area. This method has a good effect in treating the disease. "Datou Chen" can also be boiled into a soup and consumed as tea to effectively prevent diseases such as influenza.
