Rosa multiflora

Rosa multiflora

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] Herba Artemisiae Scopariae (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine), Herba Artemisiae Scopariae (Chinese desert medicinal plant).

[source] it is the whole plant of Rosaceae.

Rosa multiflora

Herbs biennial, 10-50 cm high. Stem slender, erect, covered with villous and short glandular hairs, upper part much branched. Basal leaves have long petioles, 3-lobed, lobes 3-5-lobed into lobules, lobules again split into linear lobules, with villous and short glandular hairs; stem leaves are similar to basal leaves, pinnately lobed, with short petioles or subsessile; stipules 3-lobed. Panicle, flowers small, 3-5 mm in diameter, pink or white; sepals equal or slightly longer than calyx tube; petals shorter, equal or slightly longer than sepals. Achene ovoid, apex acute, black.

It grows in sandy land, gravel land and dry hillside. Distribution of northeast and Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and other places.

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

[flavor] bitter and pungent, warm.

[function indications] dispel wind and dampness.

[selected formula] for rheumatoid arthritis: appropriate amount of Herba Artemisiae, decocting and washing the affected part. (the following is the Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)