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Clavate,
somewhat flattened, 1.5~8 cm long, 0.8~1.5 cm in diameter.
Pale brown to brownish-red. The whole spike composed of up
to ten or more whorls of persistent calyx and bracts, each
whorl with two opposite bracts, fan-shaped, apex acuminate,
striations of vein distinct, the outer surface with white
hairs. Each bract with three flowers, the corolla often fallen
off, persistent calyx bilabiate, with four small brown ovoid
nutlets, with white convex at the acute end. Texture light.
Odour, slight; taste, weak.
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1.
Reducing Liver-fire to brighten vision
For treatment
of bloodshot eyes due to liver-fire, it is with Flos Chrysanthemi,
Herba Taraxaci, etc.; for painful sensation of the eye-ball
more severe at night, with Rhizoma Cyperi 30g, Radix Glycyrrhizae
6g, and 6g of their powder may be taken as a dose, twice a
day; for painful sensation of the eye-balls due to deficiency
of liver-Yin, with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae
Alba, etc.; for syndrome of hyperactivity of liver-Yang or
flare-up of liver-fire, restlessness and insomnia, as a medicine
frequently used, it may be used singly or combined with drugs
for Chrysanthemi Indici, Concha Haliotidis, Radix Scutellariae,
etc.
2. Clearing
away evil fire and resolving mass
For the
treatment of Scrofula, goiter, mastitis, mumps, etc. due to
accumulation and retention of evil factor as phlegm-fire,
it may be used as a single medicine for preparation of soft
extract taken for a duration of time, or combined with Radix
Scrophulariae, Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii, Thallus Laminariae
seu Eckloniae, etc., which may be selected according to the
syndrome of the specific patient.
Now, it
is often indicated in hypertension, goiter, tuberculosis of
lymph nodes, hyperplasia of the mammary gland, etc. Besides,
it can also be used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis, lymphosarcoma,
tumour of mediastinum, etc.
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