Rattan

Rattan

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonym] Belvedere and yangdaifeng (the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army), and biangufeng (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the vine stem and root of portulaceae.

[plant morphology] Rhizoma Hedysarum

The wood is rattan, hard. The stem is flat, pole like, nodose, 5-10 cm wide; the tendril is long and twining, opposite to the leaf. Leaves alternate, long petiolate, palmately 5-foliolate; leaflets ovate long elliptic, 9-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex pointed, base broadly cuneate, margin shallowly undulate, both sides green glabrous. Corymbose cymes axillary; flowers pale green; petals broadly ovate triangular, caducous; stamens shorter than ovary; ovary broadly conic, stigma 4-lobed, radial. The berry is fleshy, ovoid, large as a bird's egg, and yellow when ripe. It blooms in spring.

Born in high mountains and dense forests, winding it on trees. It is distributed all over the south of China.

The leaves of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] it can be collected all year round, washed, sliced and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] 1. The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "pungent, slightly astringent, warm. "

② Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "sour and astringent, flat.". "

Functions and indications: in the manual of common Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou army, "dispel wind and dry dampness". Treatment of rheumatic lumbocrural pain, hemiplegia, muscle rheumatic pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or soaking in wine.