Rhododendron floribundum

Rhododendron floribundum

(Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] cixuehong, qixingjian, xuelucao (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of pseudorhododendron floribundum.

[plant morphology] Rhododendron

Shrubs, ca. 2 m tall. The stem is much branched. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or ovate lanceolate, 4-8 cm long, apex pointed, base cuneate, entire, with white hairs on both sides; petiole short, petiole base with a pair of downward needles, purplish red. Inflorescence terminal or axillary; flowers yellow; bracts large; sepals 4, in pairs, outer pair largest: corolla tube long, 5-lobed. Capsule. It blooms in summer and autumn.

Living in valley wetland, beside the village, by the garden or cultivated. It is distributed in Guangdong and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical constituents] the flower contains baicalein-7-rhamnoglucoside.

[nature and taste] Guangzhou Air Force's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "hard work, warm. "

[functions and indications] Guangzhou Air Force's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "Tongjing Huoluo, Jiedu Xiaozhong, treating snake bite, dog bite, traumatic injury, carbuncle swelling, traumatic bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan. External use: tamping.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.