Dapaotong

Dapaotong

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonyms] datongta, chaihoupu (Guizhou folk medicine), yebaji (Kunming folk medicine), gezitong (Sichuan Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the root or root bark of Acanthopanax senticosus.

[plant morphology] Hedysarum chinense

tree. The stem is thick and dark brown in appearance. They are palmately compound; 5-7 leaflets with long stalks; the leaflets are oblong or oblong, harp shaped, 9-20 cm long, 3.5-7.5 cm wide, apex pointed, base rounded, lobes with sparse shallow teeth, glabrous on the top, gray white below, densely stellate pubescent, main veins thick and obvious. Spikes of white flowers.

Born in the mountains. It is distributed all over the south of the Yangtze River.

The stem bark and leaf of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[flavor] slightly cold in nature, bitter and astringent in taste.

[functions and indications] 1. Guizhou folk medicine: "defecate, detumescence and toxin. "

② "New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi": dispelling wind and activating collaterals. Treatment of fracture, contusion, rheumatoid arthritis pain, lumbar muscle strain. "

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of stool dryness and stomachache: five yuan to one or two yuan for Dabao tonggen. Take it in boiling water.

② Seven root cure, five root cure, three root cure. Total mash, package in the affected area, change dressing once a day.