Fasha vine

Fasha vine

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonym] night morning glory, poisonous root Vernonia (Guangxi medicine plant directory), and guoshanlong (Guangzhou army's "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual").

[source] it is the vine and root of Vernonia tenuifolia.

[plant morphology] banwuju veinlet

Liana woody, about 10-12 m high. Branchlets numerous, hairy. The outer skin of stem is brown. Leaves alternate, elliptic lanceolate, 3.5-8 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse, usually entire, with hairs on top; petiole short, ca. 5 mm, with hairs. Inflorescences capitate, terminal or axillary, ca. 1 cm in diameter, arranged in cymes; bracts 4-row, lanceolate, 1-5 mm long, shorter outside; flowers purplish red; bisexual, corolla tubular, 5-lobed. Achene, corolla numerous.

It grows in gully, stream side or in sparse forest and shrub. It is distributed in Guangdong.

[collection] all year round. Wash, dry and slice.

[flavor] bitter, pungent, slightly warm, toxic.

① Guangzhou army's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "bitter, slightly warm. "

② "Hainan Island commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "slightly bitter, pungent, warm. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, relieving exterior, relaxing tendons and promoting blood circulation. It can cure cold, malaria, rheumatism, arthralgia, traumatic injury, sore throat and toothache.

① "Shujin Huoluo, Qufeng jiebiao" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. It can cure rheumatism pain, lumbar muscle strain, cold, fever and malaria. "

② "Hainan Island commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "Qufeng Lishi, Quyu Zhitong. Treatment of rheumatic arthralgia, traumatic injury, sore throat, dysmenorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: decoct and wash; or gargle.

[taboo] according to the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army, "pregnant women should not take it. "

[selection] 1. Treatment of malaria: four pairs of Chinese medicine, fried in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

② Treatment of toothache: Dragon root, slice into salt water, one piece at a time.

③ Treatment combined with membranous inflammation: appropriate amount of guoshanlong, decocting and washing.

④ Treatment of traumatic injury: appropriate amount of dragon root, mash external application. (2) the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou air force is published below.)

⑤ Treatment of dermatitis: appropriate amount of the stem of the Dragon vine, and wash it with boiling water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Hainan Island)