Blowing powder

Blowing powder

(Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] shuidengzhan, xifengteng (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), hongdafengteng, hongshibazheng, Dazhen (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the vine or root of Magnoliaceae.

[plant morphology] cold rice vine, also known as rice ball vine.

Evergreen woody vines. The epidermis of the root is gray brown with red and fragrant inside. The stem has a loose and thick cork like cork, which is red after the skin is removed. When the root and stem are cut off, they can be ventilated. Leaves alternate, leathery, smooth and thick, green, oblong lanceolate to oblong, 6-10 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, apex acute, base broad acute, entire; tender leaves slightly sticky. Flowers red or yellow, solitary in leaf axils. The perianth of male flower is 12-13 pieces, the stamen is about 25, the stamen column is round and spherical; the perianth of female flower is similar to that of male flower, and the pistil group is composed of 35-50 carpels. Aggregate fruit nearly spherical or elliptic, 1.2-2 cm in diameter, red when ripe. Seeds reniform. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruit period is from October to November.

It grows in the sparse forest on the hillside and the wet place beside the ditch. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, fresh or dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, warm. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, harmonizing intestines and stomach, promoting qi and relieving pain. It can cure cold, rheumatism, arthralgia, diarrhea, vomiting and traumatic injury.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "root, stem: treatment of rheumatism, contusion, knife wound, snake wound. "

② "Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine": "Teng: Xingqi Zhitong, Qufeng dehumidification. Treatment of gastroenteritis, cold, injury, rheumatism, pain, fracture. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or grinding.

[optional formula] ① for enteritis and cold: three to five yuan for fengfengsan. Take it in water, twice a day.

② Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatism and pain: appropriate amount of dry rattan powder, vinegar, external application; also oral, decoction or wine.

③ Treatment of fracture (after reduction, small splint fixation): blow fresh leaves appropriate amount, mash package applied to the affected area. (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine was selected)