Beat the old

Beat the old

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[synonyms] Dawutou, chuanzhanglian, wuchahu and niulali (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] stem, leaf or root of Litsea rotundifolia, a Lauraceae plant.

[plant morphology] Litsea rotundifolia, also known as haggard ginger.

Shrubs or small trees, 2-5M high. Branchlets densely yellow hirsute, but soon glabrescent. Leaves subcleathery, 4-5 whorls; lanceolate or oblanceolate oblong, 10-22 cm long, 2-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse or suborbicular, glabrous above, only midrib pubescent at the beginning, pale gray or yellowish brown below, yellow pilose; petiole 2-6 mm long, densely pilose. Umbels 2-10, densely distributed in the upper part of branchlets; total pedicel 1-2 cm long, covered with yellowish brown pilose; involucre 4-7, covered with grayish brown silky hair, with 7-8 flowers in each involucre; perianth 4, lanceolate; stamens 9, long, prominent, villous filaments. Fruit ovate, about 1 cm long, apically pointed. The flowering period is from April to November. The fruit period is from November to January next year.

In forest, valley, stream or shrub. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "bitter, cold. "

[function and indications] 1. In Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "stem and leaf: disperse blood and reduce swelling. Treating Dieda swelling and poison. "

② According to the list of medicinal plants in Guangxi, "root: expelling wind, promoting Qi, treating deficiency and damage of pulmonary tuberculosis; stem and leaf: treating snakebite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-3 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: stir fried with mashed wine.

Chinese PinYin : Die Da Lao