Scientific name: Populus tomentosa. var。 Chinese zoobenthos
Alias: White Flowers and Grass Bite by Tiger (Taiwan Province Province).
Labiatae
Morphology: perennial herb. 30-50 cm high, nearly square stem, horizontal base, multi-branched, oblique upper part, white hair of the whole plant. Leaves opposite, short-stalked, broadly ovoid or ovoid to ovoid-lanceolate, long1.5-3cm, wide1-1.5-3cm, obtuse or wedge-shaped at the base, sharp or even obtuse at the apex, rough and serrated at the edges, and dense hairs on both sides. Flowers are cymes and axillary. Calyx tubular, with 10 veins, 6 mm long, densely hairy, 5 teeth. Corolla white, tubular and weak, upper lip erect, concave, hairy, lower lip flat, 3-lobed, middle lobe slightly larger. 4 stamens, irregular style. Pistil 1, stigma 2-lobed. Achenes are small, ovoid, triangular and blunt at the top. The flowering and fruiting period is between summer and autumn.
Distribution: Hainan Island and Southeast Asia, Philippines, Ceylon, India and other places.
Efficacy: The whole grass has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Treat enteritis, appendicitis and metritis. External application of poisonous snake bite and furuncle poison. One of the raw materials of herbal tea.
Compound: (1) for dysentery: use both white flowers and herbs. "Records of Gan Medicinal Materials I" (II) Treatment of summer diarrhea: white flowers, small flying grass, bean grass (Jingfang grass) and so on. "Gan Zhi Yi Yi" (3) Treatment of chronic appendicitis: White flowers and Illicium verum are used together. "Gan Zhi Yi Yi" (4) Treating yellow urine: white flowers 40 cm, potted grass 40 cm, five celery grass (plantain) 40 cm, decocted in water. Anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory: tiger thorn (white flower grass), willow branch, teaspoon (green grass), dading, rat tail each 10 cm (called five leaves) Gan, "Medicinal Material Zhi Yi"