Chinese herbal medicine Pulmonariae Herba is the tender whole herb of the plant Pulmonaria chinensis, which belongs to the Gentianaceae family. It is used to treat lung heat cough and toxic swelling. What is the method of using Pulmonariae Herba to treat high fever in children?
Picture of Pulmonariae Herba
【Treatment of high fever in children with Pulmonariae Herba】
Pulmonariae Herba 2 qian, a little rock sugar. Decoct with water and take it once a day.
Pulmonariae Herba is mainly used to clear the lungs, stop coughing, detoxify, and reduce swelling. It is used to treat lung heat cough, lung tuberculosis with bloody sputum, lung abscess, nephritis, and furuncles.
① "Compress and apply various poisons." (From "Plant Names and Realities")
② "Used to treat hemoptysis." (From "Illustrated Explanation of Medicinal Plants")
③ "Effective in relieving cold and heat, treating lung tuberculosis and lung abscess." (From "Folk Medicinal Plants in Zhejiang")
④ "Effective in stopping bleeding from knife wounds." (From "Flora of Jiangxi Province")
⑤ "Used to treat breast sores, chronic diarrhea, and irregular menstruation." (From "List of Medicinal Plants in Guangxi")
【Morphology of Pulmonariae Herba】
Pulmonariae Herba (from "Plant Names and Realities") is also known as Clustered Pulmonaria, Variegated Leaf Gentian, or White Deer's Tongue.
It is a perennial twining herb. In the early stage, it has 4 basal leaves, 2 large and 2 small, opposite in a cross shape. The leaves are ovate to elliptic, 3-7.5 cm long and 1.5-3.5 cm wide, with 3 main veins. The upper surface is green with pale yellow-green patches, while the lower surface is reddish-purple. The apex is bluntly rounded or acute, and the base gradually tapers with no petiole.
The stem is slender and creeping, about 70 cm long. It bears opposite triangular to lanceolate leaves, 2-5 cm long and 0.5-2 cm wide. The base is slightly cordate to round, with a short petiole and 3 veins. The flowers are large and solitary in the leaf axils. The calyx tube is 5-lobed, with linear lobes. The corolla is rose-purple, gradually narrowing at the base, and 5-lobed with triangular lobes and slightly protruding truncate appendages between the lobes.
The capsule is long and spherical, pale reddish-purple, with a diameter of about 8 mm. The flowering period is from August to September.
