Barb thorn

Barb thorn

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] xiaowupao, xiaobarbi, cihuanglian, cicha, sanxuecao.

[source] it is the whole plant of Rubus Trifolium.

[plant morphology] Rubus trifoliate

Small erect shrub, 1-2m high. Stem branches glabrous, with barbous acute prickles. 3 compound leaves alternate, leaflets lanceolate or elliptic lanceolate, 4-6 cm long, 8-15 mm wide, apex acuminate, base narrower, margin dentate, smooth on both sides, pink green; petiole 3-4 cm long, with small prickles; stipules setose. Flowers 1-2 axillary or terminal, pedicel 1-2 cm long, and calyx have fine pilose and prickles; sepals lanceolate, appendages leaflike, linear, spiny; petals white, obovate, pubescent outside, shorter than calyx; stamen filaments densely pilose. Aggregate fruit, fleshy, juicy, orange when ripe. The flowering period is from April to May.

It grows in the sparse shrub of the valley. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn. Dry in the sun.

[nature and taste] it's sweet, slightly acid and smooth.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, removing dampness and stopping dysentery. Drive roundworm.

(1) for tonsillitis, flaming eye, dysentery, scabies and rheumatoid arthritis: barbed root for five to one or two yuan. Take it in water.

② Treatment of Ascaris lumbricoides: barbed the whole plant five money. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of mumps, mastitis, nameless swelling poison: barbed barb fresh products smashed topical.