Pale Libra hook wind

Pale Libra hook wind

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

[synonym] through the wall wind (the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army).

[source] it is the vine stem of the family Menispermaceae.

[plant morphology] Lepidoptera pallida

Liana woody, with fine stripes, up to 10-20 m long. The leaves are alternate, rhomboid, broadly ovate to broadly ovate, 3.5-6 cm long and 4-6.5 cm wide, apex with a short pointed tip, base nearly round, margin slightly wavy, with 5 basal veins protruding below, and petiole 3-7 cm long. Cymose panicle on old stem or deciduous branches; male inflorescence 20 cm long, sepals 6, pale yellow, black striped, ovoid oblong, petals 6, wide obovate, with ears on both sides, holding filaments and stamens 6; female inflorescence 15-20 cm long, sepals and petals similar to male, staminode 6, carpel 3, ovary semiovoid, stigma outward It stretches out in the shape of a lip. Drupe obovate oblong, flat, depressed in the middle, powdery. The flowering and fruiting period is spring.

It grows in hillside, gully, sparse forest or shrub. It is distributed in the South and southwest of China.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] slightly bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, dispelling wind and removing dampness. Treatment of rheumatism, bone pain, urinary tract infection, snakebite.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.