Huaye aituotuo

Huaye aituotuo

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] dihuanglian (taxonomy of seed plants in China), Xixin (Herba asari) and Xundan (Herba Medicae of Sichuan).

[source] it is the whole grass of Rhizoma Coptidis.

[plant morphology] dihuanglian

Subshrub, 10-15 cm high. Stems usually do not branch. Compound leaves alternate, 3 leaflets, rough on the top, pubescent below; apical leaflets larger, ovoid to elliptic ovate, 3-6 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apex obtuse, margin with sparse large obtuse teeth, base broad ovate; lateral leaflets suborbicular, 2-2.5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide. Cyme axillary, generally 3-flowered; total pedicel 6-7 mm long; flower base with linear bracts 3; calyx 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, green, covered with short hairs; corolla white, lower part united into tube, lobes obovate, apex obtuse; stamen 10, middle part united with lower part into tube, apex 10 lobes, anthers 10, born on top of tube; ovary 5-locular, each locule has 2 ovules. Capsule 2-5-loculed, seed 1-5-lobed. The flowering period is July.

He was born in Zhongshan. It is distributed in Sichuan.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature, light in taste and non-toxic.

[function indications] it is used to treat five tuberculosis, cough, traumatic injury and rheumatism, and external application of unknown swelling toxin.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping.

[formula selection] ① treatment of traumatic injury: aituotuo, yanwangci, xiaoxueteng, dipepper. Decoct water and baijiu.

② Treatment of rheumatism: Huaye aituotuotuo, yandouteng, pogufeng, jinggucao. Boil water and wine for drinking. (nature and taste are listed in Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals)