Zeeland
Herba Lyeopi
(English) Shiny Bugleweed Herb
Alias ​​to Guam seedlings, bamboo shoots, earthworms, snake king grass.
The source is the aerial part of Lycopus Iucidus Turcz. Var. hirtus Regel?
Perennial herbaceous plant form, 0.3-1.2m high. The underground stem traverses, and the apex often inflates into a spindle-like fleshy tuber. Stems are square, often purple-red, and densely white along ribs and knots. Leaves opposite, shortly stalked or stalked, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–12 cm long, 0.4–4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin with sharp saw, ciliate, densely setose Bristles, bristly bristles and glandular spots on vein below. Umbrella inflorescences axillary, with 6-10 flowers per turn; sepals lanceolate, marginate hairy; calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed; corolla white, inconspicuously 2-lipped, upper lip suborbicular, lower lip 3-lobed, outside Glandular glands; corolla white, inconspicuously 2-lipped, upper lip suborbicular, lower lip 3-lobed, outside with glandular spots; anterior to stamens fertile, later degenerated into a rodlike stamen. Small nuts obovoid-shaped triangular prism. Flowering from June to September, fruiting period from August to October.
Born in marshland, waterside; cultivated. Most of the country's production.
In the summer and autumn, when the stems and leaves are harvested, they are cut and dried.
Chemical composition contains flavonoids, saponins, phenols, sugars and tannins.
The taste is tepid, bitter and pungent.
Indications function blood circulation, water swelling. For irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum hemorrhagic abdominal pain, edema.