This product is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family, Lycopus lucidus (Lycopus lucidus Turcz.) or Lycopus lucidus (L. lucidus). I> The whole plant of Turcz. var. hirtus Regel.). Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other provinces. In summer, when the stems and leaves are lush but the flowers have not yet bloomed, cut off the above-ground parts, remove soil and impurities, and dry them in the sun.

Shiny Bugleweed and Fortune Eupatorium are used interchangeably. In some areas of Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and other provinces, the herbaceous plant Fortune Eupatorium (Eupatorium fortunei Turcz.) or Shiny Bugleweed (Mountain) are used. Blue) (E. japonicum Thunb.) is used as Shiny Bugleweed. Since the two drugs have different functions and indications, they should not be mixed. Fortune Eupatorium and Shiny Bugleweed in the Asteraceae family are most easily identifiable by the cylindrical herbaceous stems of Fortune Eupatorium and the square stems of Shiny Bugleweed with red nodes.

bitter and acrid, slightly warm. Benjing: "bitter, slightly warm." "Wu Pu materia medica": "Shen Nong, Huang Di, Qi Bo, Tong Jun: sour, nontoxic. Li: warm." Bielu: "sweet, nontoxic." Yaoxing Lun: "bitter and acrid." act on liver and spleen channels. Diannan Bencao: "Act on liver and spleen channels." Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie: "Act on small intestine channel."

[Efficacy]

invigorating blood and resolving stasis, diuresis and swelling.

[Indications]

Used for blood stagnation, amenorrhea, abdominal mass, postpartum bruising and pain, edema, and bruises.

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Jing Jizhu: "Stephania Tetrandra is used. It is used with fourstamen stephania root, which promotes blood and water, disinhibiting water and dispersing edema; with Fortune Eupatorium, invigorating blood and removing stagnation breaking blood stasis , to promote menstruation and diuresis; with Chinese Angelica, promoting blood circulation, breaking blood stasis, moving qi and stimulating menstruation; with Coptis Rhizome, invigorating blood and resolving stasis, clearing heat and purging fire."

[Usage and Dosage]

3 to 9 grams, decoct and take. Appropriate amount of fresh products for external use. After slicing, it is not suitable to expose or dry.

[Precaution]

It should not be used by pregnant women. Those without static blood should take it with caution. Depei Bencao: "Blood deficiency is prohibited for those with blood deficiency."

[Modern Pharmacology]

Contains volatile oils, glucosides, tannins and resins; also contains flavonoids, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, saponins, and various sugars.