Rattan harrow

Rattan harrow

(Guizhou folk medicine)

Shanmutong.

[source] the stem and leaf of Clematis bracteata (Ranunculaceae).

[plant morphology] Clematis bracteata

Deciduous climbing vines. Stems longitudinally ribbed, sparsely hairy. The leaflets are ovate to ovate elliptic, 3-7 cm long, apex pointed or acute, base rounded, margin sparsely coarsely serrated, both sides sparsely covered with yellowish hairs, without stipules and stipules. Panicle axillary or terminal, with slender pedicels; flowers white, 1.5-2 cm in diameter; sepals 4, obovate oblong, both sides with short silky pilose; without petals; stamens many, filaments forked; carpels many. Achene hairy, with short pinnate style.

In the woods or barren slopes. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

It is cool in nature and bitter in taste.

Functions and indications: remove dampness and heat and urinate.

[prescription selection] the treatment of urination is unfavorable: five coins for Shanmu Tongteng, four coins for xiaopaotong and three coins for Plantago asiatica. Take it in boiling water, once in the morning and once in the evening.