Mountain whip

Mountain whip

(records of Jiangsu medicinal materials)

[synonym] little Hypericum (Chinese seed plant taxonomy), little tea, little canary, daughter tea, little early Lotus (Jiangsu medicinal materials records), little forsythia, little leaf forsythia (Jiangsu medicine manual).

[source] it is the whole plant of Rhizoma Hedysarum.

[plant morphology] rhizome

Erect vegetation, about 60 cm high. In the upper part, there are many branches, round branches, scattered black spots, and one convex longitudinal rib on each side. Leaves opposite, oval oblong, 1-2.5 cm long, 0.3-1 cm wide, base gradually narrowed, more or less amplexicaul, edge with black glandular spots. Cyme terminal; sepals 5, ovate; petals 5, long elliptic, apex obtuse round, multi veined; stamens many, base connected into 3 bundles; ovary 3-locular, style 3; bracts and sepals edge and petals, anther top have black gland point. Capsule. The flowering period is from July to August,

It grows in weeds on hillsides. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] harvest from June to July.

[nature and taste] Su Yi's Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, flat. "

[functions and indications] according to the manual of Chinese herbal medicine published by Su Yi, "hemostasis, analgesia, and lactation.". Treatment of hemoptysis, hematemesis, uterine bleeding, rheumatoid arthritis pain, neuralgia, traumatic injury, lack of milk, mastitis, traumatic bleeding, sore swelling and poison. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.