(Notes on Materia Medica)

Alias Tu Changshan, Smelly Lady, Smelly Changshan, Tofu Leaves, Iron Hoop Powder, June Frozen, Stinky Vitex negundo, Guanyin Chai, Shampoo Chai, Smelly Tea, Xiaoqing Tree, Glutinous Rice Paste, Pindan Paste, Mozi Kernel and Tofu Wood.

The source is the stem and leaf of Tofu Chai of Verbenaceae.

Plant morphology Tofu Chai, erect shrub, vegetation height 2-6m. Young branches are hairy, old branches are hairless, and old branches are hairless. Single leaf opposite; The petiole is 0.5-2 cm long; Leaf blade is ovate-lanceolate, obovate, oval or abnormity, smelly, 3-65438 0.3 cm long and 65438 0.5-6 cm wide, with tapered base, entire or irregularly coarse teeth, and long tapered tip, hairless or pubescent. Cymes form tower-shaped panicles, which are terminal; Calyx cup-shaped, green or sometimes purplish, densely hairy to almost glabrous, margin usually with eyelashes, 5-lobed; Corolla is yellowish, with two lips and four lobes, pilose outside and glandular spots, and pilose inside, especially in throat; Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short, inserted on corolla tube. Drupe spherical to obovate, purple, about 6 mm in diameter. The flowering period is May-June, and the period is June-65438+1October.