Famous row of herbs, wormwood, spicy incense, wild perilla.

The whole grass of Pogostemon cablin. etmey。 )O. ktze。 Morphological perennial herb, 0.5 ~ 1.5m high. The stem is erect with short hair on the upper part. Petiole length 1.5 ~ 3.5 cm; Leaf blade is heart-shaped, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 4.5 ~1cm long and 3 ~ 6.5 cm wide, with tail-shaped apex, slightly heart-shaped base, coarse teeth at the edge and puberulent underside. There are many cymbals, forming cylindrical pseudostems with dense ends on the main stem and side branches; Bracts linear-lanceolate; Calyx tubular inverted cone, glandular pilose and small yellow gland, slightly inclined throat, calyx teeth 5, triangular lanceolate; The corolla is puberulent outside, the upper lip is slightly concave, the lower lip is 3-lobed, and the middle lobe is larger; Stamens 4, strong enemy, protruding from corolla; Style apex 2-lobed. Nutlets are ovoid, rectangular and ribbed on the ventral surface. The flowering period is July-August, and the fruiting period is 9-65438+1October. Habitat distribution is born on hillsides, roadsides and fields. Changbai mountain producing counties. Distributed in all provinces of China.

Collecting, processing, digging in summer and autumn, and drying in the sun. Spicy in taste and function, slightly warm. Eliminating summer heat and dampness, regulating stomach, stopping vomiting and promoting qi circulation. Used for heatstroke, fever, headache, chest distress, internal injury, wind-cold, exogenous wind-cold, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or spleen-stomach qi stagnation; Tinea manus for external use.

It is a widely used Chinese herbal medicine and a very good condiment.