Upside down cattle

Upside down cattle

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name: daniu'an, chaotianzi and niuwangci.

[source] it is the root and stem bark of the legume Yunshi.

[plant morphology] Yunshi with hairy leaves

Deciduous climbing shrub with hooked spines. Young branches densely brown pubescent, old branches reddish brown. 2-pinnate compound leaves, 20-30 cm long; 3-10 pairs of pinnae, stipitate; 6-9 pairs of leaflets per pinnae. Raceme terminal, 15-30 cm long; flowers yellow, stamens slightly protruding from calyx, pods narrow oblong, 6-10 cm long, nearly woody, slightly curved. Seeds oblong, brown, patterned, ca. 1 cm long. The flowering and fruiting period is August.

Born on the roadside or stream side of plain, hill or low hillside. It is distributed in Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[sexual taste] it is astringent, hot and toxic.

[function indications] root: relieve sweating. Treatment of cold, headache, muscle and bone pain and traumatic injury. Stem skin: for external use, it is used to treat wine and nose.

[usage and dosage] oral: root: boil soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.