Changshan, Yunnan

Changshan, Yunnan

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] Wuyao, smelly peony, smelly jasmine.

[source] it is the root, stem and leaf of Verbenaceae.

[plant morphology] Changshan, Yunnan

Large deciduous shrub, 1-4 m high. The branches are dark red with longitudinal lenticels, and the young branches are densely stained yellow with short curly Tricholoma. Leaves opposite, kidney shaped ovate to ovate, 4-14 cm long, 4.5-12 cm wide, apex acute, acuminate, or round, base cordate or nearly truncate, entire or slightly undulate, or sparsely coarsely serrate, both sides densely pubescent, odorous: petiole densely covered with yellow or white trichomes. Cyme terminal; total pedicel 3-5 cm long, densely short curly hairy; secondary pedicel base with elliptic bracts; petiole with linear bracts; flowers white, slightly red halo, about 1.4 cm long; calyx bell shaped, purple green, outer densely pubescent, apex 5-lobed, lobes ovate triangular; corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 5; stamens 4, filaments thin. Anthers dorsifixed; pistil 1, ovary globose, glabrous, stigma 2-lobed. Drupe globose or obovate, blue black, enclosed in calyx. It blooms in summer.

It is distributed in Yunnan and Sichuan.

The flower of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

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

[herbal medicine] dry the stems and leaves, and cut the stems into oblique pieces. The diameter of the old stem is 1.5-2 cm, the skin is dark red, with longitudinal cracks, and the lenticel is not obvious: the pith in the center of the section is large, white, and the wood is yellowish. The bark of young branches is yellowish green, with rust color and hairy; the diameter of pith is 3 mm, the outer bark is not easy to peel off, and the leaves are reniform ovate, covered with fine hairs, and most of them shrink and curl after drying. The leaves smell pungent and slightly bitter. It is better to have tender branches and green color.

Produced in Yunnan.

[nature and taste] 1. In the south of Yunnan materia medica: "warm in nature, hard in taste. "

② Selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan: "Xin, Wen. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, stopping malaria, promoting qi and promoting water. Treatment of malaria, rheumatism, edema, bloating and abdominal pain.

① In Diannan, it can relieve the swelling of the chest and relieve the pain of the diaphragm. "

② "Experience identification method of traditional Chinese medicine shape and sex": treating malaria. "

③ "Selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "Qufeng Huoxue, detumescence, hypotension. For rheumatoid arthritis, lumbago and leg pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water.

[selected formula] ① for rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, one to two pairs of roots of Changshan mountain in Yunnan Province. Take it by frying.

② Treatment of high blood pressure: Yunnan changshangen five money to one or two. Decoct in water, add rice wine, boil an egg, take orally.

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids, anal prolapse: Yunnan Changshan leaves boiled water washing. (selected prescriptions are selected from Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Dian Chang Shan