Gansu Ji Dou, a Chinese medicinal herb, is distributed in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places. It has the functions of stopping bleeding and diuresis. Let's take a look at its specific functions, indications, and usage with the editor!
【Other Names】 Sese'er (Tibetan name).
【Source】 It is the whole plant of the leguminous plant Gansu Ji Dou.
【Plant Morphology】 Gansu Ji Dou is a perennial herb, 15-20 cm tall.
The base branches, sparsely covered with long white hairs and occasional black short hairs.
The leaves are pinnately compound, 5-10 cm long; the leaf axis has grooves on the upper surface, densely covered with white and black long hairs;
The stipules are lanceolate, connate at the base and separated from the petiole; there are 13-25 leaflets, ovate or lanceolate, 8-13 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, with gradually pointed tips and round bases, and densely covered with long hairs on both sides.
The inflorescence is cymose, axillary; the peduncle is 5.5-15 cm long, with white and black long hairs; the calyx is campanulate, about 9 mm long, about 3 mm wide, densely covered with black and white long hairs, with lanceolate teeth, nearly as long as the tube; the corolla is yellow, about 12 mm long.
The pod is oblong or oblong-ovate, 8-12 mm long, swollen, and densely covered with black long hairs.
It grows in dry grasslands, slopes, riversides, or under forests. It is distributed in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.
【Collection】 It is collected in July to August, cut into sections and dried.
【Properties and Tastes】 Slightly pungent, warm.
【Channels Entered】 Heart, lung, small intestine.
【Functions and Indications】 Gansu Ji Dou has the functions of detoxification, healing wounds, stopping bleeding, and diuresis. It is used to treat various internal bleeding.
【Usage and Dosage】 Internal use: decoction, 2-5 qian.
