Big green vine

Big green vine

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[source] it is the stem of Celastrus grandis.

[plant morphology] Celastrus grandis

Woody vines. The stem is green, the tendril is opposite to the leaf, there are 5-8 slender branches, the terminal sucker is usually a black thick hook. Palmate compound leaves alternate, leaflets 5, obovate or elliptic, 5-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin above middle sparsely serrate, glabrous below or pubescent on veins. Cymes arranged in panicles at leaf axils; calyx shallow discoid, entire; petals 5, long ovate; stamens 5; style cylindrical, ovary 2-locular. The berries are small and round.

It is distributed in the middle and south of China.

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

[nature and taste] Ma, Wen.

Functions and indications: Shujin Huoluo, Xiaozhong Sanyu, Jiegu. Treatment of traumatic injury, fracture, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, limb arthralgia.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: soak wine, 1-2 Liang. External use: tamping or powder mixing.