Yellow cattle tea

Yellow cattle tea

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonym] nine bud wood, partridge wood, water mango, jiejiehua, Mantianhong, helix, shangouya, Huangya (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), quelongmu (Guangzhou guodui's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the tender leaf, root or bark of Abelmoschus flavescens.

[plant morphology] yellow cattle wood

Shrubs or small trees, 2-10M high. Bark pale yellow, smooth; young branches slightly flat, light red. Leaves opposite, papery, elliptic to oblong, 5-9 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide, apex acute, base cuneate, glabrous on both sides, with small black glandular dots below; shortly stipitate. Cyme axillary or slightly axillary supernumerary, with 2-3 flowers; pollen red, about 1 cm in diameter; sepals elliptic; petals obovate: stamens united into 3 bundles, glands 3, fleshy, apex thickened and recurved; ovary superior, conical, 3-locular, 6 ovules per locule, style linear. Capsule elliptic, 8-12 mm long, with persistent calyx. It has wings on one side. The flowering period is from April to May.

It grows on hillsides and shrubs in the wilderness. It is distributed all over the south of China.

[collection] leaves: harvested in spring and summer. Root and bark: all year round.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain flavonoid glycosides, phenols and sugars. The root contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols and amino acids.

[nature and taste] 1. The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "sweet, light, slightly bitter, cool. "

② Guangxi Traditional Chinese herbal medicine: "Xing Ping. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of Guangxi Medicinal Plants: "stop bleeding, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of abdominal pain, diarrhea, jaundice. "

② "Clearing heat and relieving summer heat, removing dampness and stagnation" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of cold, fever, enteritis, diarrhea, cough, hoarseness. Tender leaves for tea, can prevent cold, dysentery. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.