Zhejiang Scrophularia

Zhejiang Scrophularia

　　A perennial herb. The root is long-cylindrical or spindle-shaped. The stem has four angles and furrows. The lower leaves are opposite, while the upper leaves may be alternate, ovate to lanceolate, 10–15 cm long, with fine serrated edges that are slightly revolute, hard, and have pointed tips. The inflorescence is a large, loose cymose panicle with glandular hairs on the axis

　　cm long; the leaf margins have fine serrations, the teeth are revolute, hard, and have pointed tips. The inflorescence is a large, loose cymose panicle with glandular hairs on the axis; the calyx has 5 lobes with membranous margins; the corolla is brownish-purple, with the upper lip longer than the lower lip; the staminodes are nearly round. The fruit is ovoid. Flowers bloom from July to August, and fruits ripen from August to September. It grows along streams, in mountain forests, and grassy areas. It is mainly produced in Zhejiang.

　　Indications: Used for treating febrile diseases affecting Ying and blood levels, fever, thirst, dark purple tongue, maculopapular eruptions, bone-steaming cough due to overexertion, vexation with insomnia, fluid injury with constipation, dry and dim eyesight, sore throat, scrofula and phlegm nodules, boils and sores.