White millet

White millet

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[source] it is the rhizome of the family loganin.

[plant morphology] Smilax China

Climbing shrubs, 1-3 meters long. Rhizome transverse, woody, thick. Stem hard, sparsely spiny. Single leaf alternate, leathery, ovate, elliptic to suborbicular, 3-8 cm long and 2.5-7 cm wide, apex short pointed or obtuse and pointed, base truncated or suborbicular; petiole thick, slightly curved, with tendril 2 in the middle and sheath like in the lower part. Flowers unisexual, dioecious, umbel axillary, small yellow green, perianth segments 6. Berries globose, red when ripe. It blooms in spring.

Born on hillside, forest edge and roadside. It is distributed in Yunnan.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] astringent, slightly bitter, flat.

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, diuresis. Treatment of rheumatic muscle pain, short urine, drenching turbid.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.