Great sweating

Great sweating

(Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of the leguminous plant Malus alba.

[plant morphology] Ampelopsis grossedentata

Climbing deciduous shrub, 1-2m high. The young branches are green and the old ones are gray yellow. The bark often cracks irregularly. Twigs, leaves and petioles are yellow hairy and glabrous at last. The leaves are odd pinnate compound, with 9-13 leaflets, 6-10 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, ovate or oblong, apex short pointed, base round to several heart-shaped, with filamentous hairs on both sides; the base of the total petiole is slightly expanded, 15-20 cm long. Raceme drooping, 10-15 cm long; flowers white, 2-2.5 cm long. Pods 15-20 cm long, densely tomentose. The flowering period is from June to July.

Growing in rock crevices or shrubs on hillsides.

[collection] all year round. Wash, slice and dry.

[taste] bitter and pungent, hot. Toxic.

[function indications] sweating, relieving exterior, eliminating wind and dampness. Treatment of rheumatism, pain, injury, cold, fever, headache and nasal congestion.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Yanmo Jiuchong, 1-3 points. External use: grind and apply.

[should avoid] take it carefully when you are weak or pregnant.

Sweating, overdose, can produce vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, dry mucosa, increased blood pressure and other symptoms. In addition to symptomatic treatment, honeysuckle, licorice, brown sugar and other decoction can be taken orally.