Celastra with drooping thread

Celastra with drooping thread

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[synonym] Euonymus glomerata, pentagonum (Tianmu yam flora of Zhejiang Province), Qingpi tree (higher plant Atlas of China), Xiaomi, wenmu (economic flora of China).

[source] stem bark or root of Celastraceae.

[plant morphology] Euonymus pendula

Shrub, 2-4 m high. The winter buds are 5-7 mm long and conic. Leaves opposite, ovate oblong, 4-9 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly rounded or truncated, margin densely serrate; petiole 4-10 mm long. Flowers bisexual, cymes sparse and wide, with many flowers; pedicels and branches slender; flowers pale green, 8-9 mm in diameter, 5 numbers; stamens without filaments, anthers 1-locular, flat wide inverted trapezoid; disk round. Capsule subglobose, 1-1.5cm in diameter, with (4-5) longitudinal ribs, drooping, dark red when ripe; testa red. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit period is from July to September.

In the mixed forest on the hillside. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Liaoning and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Anhui "selected prescriptions of herbal medicine": "bitter and pungent, slightly warm. "

[function and indications] 1. Records of Zhejiang Tianmu yam plant: "it is used to treat dysentery, fracture injury, joint pain, scrotal wet itching. "

② "Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dredging meridians and removing water" is the key point of Anhui's "selected prescriptions of herbal medicine". It is used to treat traumatic injuries, pain caused by stagnation of blood stasis, abdominal pain caused by cold, amenorrhea and ascites distention. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: fumigation with boiling water, tamping or mixing with grinding powder.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[selection] ① treatment of fracture injury: the root or stem skin of weisiwei spear was smashed and applied externally.

② Treatment of joint pain: one or two roots of weispear. Fry in water and take it before meals.

③ Cure scrotum strange itch, have ooze mucus: Hang silk Euonymus stem skin, grind end, add tung oil to adjust apply affected area, or decoct soup fumigation. (selected the prescription and published the records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang Province)