Monopterus albus

Monopterus albus

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[synonyms] xiongliuteng, gongziteng, rattan, wrinkled fur (Fujian folk herbal medicine), yangmusuo (Chinese herbal medicine plant Atlas), huameitiaojia, bipuzi, cuojiteng (Mindong herbal medicine), gouercha (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Polygonum multiflorum in rhamniaceae.

[plant morphology] duohuagouer tea, also known as xiongliu.

Deciduous shrub with vines, up to 1.5 m in height. The bark is yellowish green, slightly smooth, with black massive spots. Leaves alternate, ovate to ovate elliptic, 1.5-5.5 cm long and 0.5-1.7 cm wide, base rounded, apex obtuse or acuminate, entire, pale green above and gray white below, with 7-12 contralateral veins; petiole 1-2 cm long. Panicle terminal, 5-15 cm long; flowers small, pink green; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5; stamens 5; ovary hidden in disk, but separated from each other, 2-locular, style 2-cleft. The drupe is ovoid to cut ovoid, surrounded by calyx tube at the base, green at first, then red, and purple black at last. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruiting period is September.

It grows on mountain roadside and shrub edge. Distributed in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places.

The root of this plant (Monopterus albus vine root) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] ① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "sweet, flat. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "cold and cool. "

[function indications] heat clearing, blood cooling, diuresis, detoxification. It is used to treat bleeding, jaundice, rheumatism, low back pain, premenstrual abdominal pain, wind toxin flowing, and wound redness and swelling.

① "Treatment of floating snake venom. "

② "Fujianese: diuretic and detoxifying. Treatment of damp heat jaundice. "

③ Lu Chuan materia medica: "cool, detoxify, cool blood, stop bleeding. It is used to treat blood fever, bleeding and swelling of the wound. "

④ "Chinese medicine plant illustrated book:" branches and mutton mixed with water, wine stew service, treatment of bone tuberculosis, lumbar tuberculosis. "

⑤ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "detumescence, blood. Treatment of scabies, rheumatism, lumbago, premenstrual abdominal pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-4 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of dampness heat jaundice: one to two taels of xiongliuteng, four to five taels of yubai. Take it in water. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of wind, poison, cold and heat: the whole grass (root, stem and leaf) of xiongliu is one to one or two half at a time. Take it in water. (Quanzhou materia medica)