Fineleaf Schizonepeta Herb

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei, Henan.

Stem is a square rod shape, with branches at the upper portion, 50~80cm long, 0.2~0.4cm diameter; externally pale yellowish-green or pale purple-red, covered with short soft hairs; light in weight, brittle texture, fractured surface is off-white. Opposing leaves have generally fallen off, 3~5 pinnately divided leaves are thin and long. Spike-like verticillaster grows at the apex, 2~9cm long, about 7mm diameter. corolla often falls off, persistent calyx is bell-shaped, with 5 teeth-like cracks at the tip, pale brown or yellowish-green, covered with short soft hairs; brownish-black pyrena. Aromatic odor; slightly astringent and acrid cool taste.

Superior medicinal material has pale yellowish-green, potent aromatic odor, long and dense spike-like verticillaster.

Acrid; slightly warm

Resolves the exterior, disperses wind, vents rashes, eliminates sore, stops bleeding. Apply to common cold, measles without adequate eruption, hemafecia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, epistaxis.