Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2001 Apr; 31(2): 113-4.

[Literature researches of Herba Lagopsis]

Li J, Chen Y.

Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029.

The usage of Herba Lagopsis as a drug has a long history, and it was arranged under the item of Semen Leonuri in the herb books of past dynasties and used as a kind of Semen Leonuri. The alias of Semen Leonuri is Spica Prunellae in records, and the withered Semen Leonuri after the summer solstice is also Herba Lagopsis. Now, there are many Flora and local Flora and records of materia medica embodying it, and its function is similar with motherwort.