Brahma

Brahma

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] Acer triangularis and Acer sanhefeng (a textual research on the name and reality of plants), botoupo (flora of Guangzhou), goujiaoji, goujiaojiao, yeqie, pobler, pseudorouhua, loumatou (Fujian folk herbal medicine), wulonghui, nianhuayi, pseudomian (Mindong herbal medicine), YeMian, yemiantao (Jiangxi Folk Herbal medicine prescription), dimian, badachui, Qijiao (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine prescription) In addition, there are three kinds of herbs, namely, Gossypium hirsutum, Gossypium hirsutum kidney, dog's footprints, Gossypium hirsutum and kapok hirsutum, which are commonly used folk herbs in Zhejiang Province, and Wuyun gaixue (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Malvaceae.

[plant morphology] Brahma

Erect subshrub, branched, about 1 m high, branches densely stellate pubescent. The leaves are alternate, 2-7 cm long and 1-6 cm wide, usually 3-5-lobed, with lobes below the middle, obovate or rhombic in shape, one lobe at the top contracted and narrowed at the base, and small serrate at the edge. Flowers axillary, solitary or slightly clustered; epicalyx 5-lobed, lobes triangular; calyx 5-lobed, both covered with stellate hairs; petals 5-lobed. The stamens are connate, the filaments are tubular, the anthers are purplish red; the pistil is 1, the style apex is 10 lobed, red. Capsule oblate, ca. 1 cm in diam., mericarps 5, with hooked bristles. The flowering period is from summer to winter.

Born in the mountains, roadsides, slopes or shrubs. Distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and other places.

The root of this plant (Brahma root) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] in summer and autumn, the roots were removed and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried whole plant is 20-50 cm long, the stem is about 3-7 mm thick, cylindrical, brown, and the young branches are dark green to grayish green; it is hard, fibrous, with white wood and pith in the center. Leaves usually 3-5-lobed, lobes obovate or rhombic, grayish brown to dark green, hairy; young leaves ovate. Capsule axillary, oblate, epicalyx persistent, pilose and barbous, pericarp dry, thick membranous.

Produced in Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and other places.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids and organic acids.

[nature and taste] ① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "sweet, warm. "

② New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "it tastes light, slightly sweet and cool. "

[function indications] dispel wind and detoxify. It can cure dysentery, sore, wind poison, snake bite.

① "The treatment of wind damage". "

② Fujian folk herbal medicine: "dispelling wind, removing dampness, anti inflammation and detoxification. It can cure the wind, poison and bite of mad dog. "

③ New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi: "anti inflammation, detumescence, cooling blood and detoxification. Indications: dysentery, diarrhea, furuncle, rabies, snakebite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, fresh 1-2 Liang. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of wind and toxin: four liang of Fantian flower and eight liang of mutton. Drink wine and simmer for three hours, once a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of snakebite: mash the fresh leaves of Brahma, wash them with rice swill, and apply the residue to the wound. (Wujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Cure dysentery: Brahma spend three to five money, decoction. (new selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi)