Goosefoot board, a traditional Chinese medicine, is distributed in Southwest, Central South, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places. Goosefoot board disperses wind and ventilates the lungs, regulates qi and relieves pain, invigorates the spleen and eliminates dampness, activates blood circulation and promotes menstruation, and removes dampness and detoxifies.
Picture of goosefoot board
【Treatment of Itchy Skin with Goosefoot Board】
Internal use: Decoction, 3-5 qian. External use: Crush and apply or decoct and wash.
Treatment of itchy skin with goosefoot board: Goosefoot board, summer cypress, each half a catty. Decoct in water and wash externally. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai)
【Functions and Indications of Goosefoot Board】
Cold, dissolves accumulations, dispels stasis, and reduces swelling. It is used to treat cold and wind, dysentery, infantile malnutrition, and skin itching.
① "Emei Medicinal Plants": Mash and apply to the wrists to treat malaria.
② "Common Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook of Guangzhou Troops": Promotes blood circulation, reduces swelling, and detoxifies. It is used to treat snake bites, bee stings, and dysentery.
③ "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": Strengthens the stomach, reduces accumulations. It is used to treat infantile malnutrition.
④ "Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory": Clears heat and resolves fever. It is used to treat injuries and scabies.
⑤ "Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai": Expels wind and dispels cold. It is used to treat cold and wind.
【Morphology of Goosefoot Board】
Goosefoot board is a perennial herb that can grow up to 2 meters tall. It usually has a fibrous root, but sometimes has a conical root. The stem is erect, striped, and covered with soft hairs, with branches in the upper and middle parts. The leaves are dimorphic; the basal leaves have long petioles, and the leaf sheaths are 2-13 cm long.
The leaf blades are three-lobed, with ovate circular lobes. The basal lobes of the lateral lobes are inclined, and the apical lobes have a heart-shaped or wedge-shaped base, measuring 1.5-4 cm in length and 1-3 cm in width. The lower and middle stem leaves are three-lobed or pinnately lobed, while the upper stem leaves are smaller, with short petioles or no petioles, and have leaf sheaths. The leaf blades are pinnately lobed or three-lobed, with lanceolate lobes, and all the leaf edges have serrations.
Usually there are no bracts, sometimes 1-5; the umbels have 6-15 (-30) rays, measuring 1-4 cm in length; the bractlets are 1-8, shorter than the pedicels; the umbels have 6-20 flowers, with unequal pedicels; the petals are inverted ovate, white, with a concave apex and a wedge-shaped base, and the small ligules are hairy on the outer surface; the styles are cylindrical at the base, and the length of the styles is 2-3 times that of the base of the styles. The young fruits are erect, and later bend to both sides.
The mature fruit is ovate, and the fruit ridges are linear; there are 2-3 oil ducts in each ridge groove, and 4-6 oil ducts on the adnate surface. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to October.
