Hangzhou branch in South Yunnan

Hangzhou branch in South Yunnan

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] Salix ramosissima and Sanye bean.

[source] it is the root of leguminous plant hangzi shoot in South Yunnan.

[plant morphology] Hangzhou branch in South Yunnan

Shrubs, up to 2 m high. Twigs angular, puberulent. Leaflets elliptic or obovate elliptic, 2-3 cm long, 8-15 mm wide, apex rounded, apiculate, base tapering, entire, pubescent on both sides; petioles puberulent; stipules subulate. Racemes axillary, or panicles terminal; bracts lanceolate, pilose; pedicels slender, filiform; calyx teeth 4, triangular, pubescent; corolla butterfly, purple. Pods obliquely rectangular, pilose. The flowering period is from September to October.

On grass slopes and shrubs. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

Warm in nature and sweet in taste.

Functions and indications: remove blood stasis and relieve pain, clear away heat and remove dampness.

[formula selection] ① treatment of traumatic injury: appropriate amount of dried twig willow. Mash with sweet wine and apply to the affected area.

② Treatment of knife injury: appropriate amount of dried twig willow. Tamp down and apply the wound.

③ Treatment of dysentery: ganzhiliuwuqian. Simmer water clothes.