Eucommia ulmoides

Gold wire

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine) and Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root and stem of Euonymus yunnanensis.

[plant morphology] Euonymus yunnanensis

Evergreen shrubs, up to 4 meters high. Root cylindrical, orange yellow, phloem with silver white latex. Branchlets cylindrical, gray green, young branches green, ribbed. Leaves opposite, leathery, obovate oblong, 4.5-13 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, apex acuminate or short, base broadly cuneate, margin serrate. Cymes axillary, sparse, total pedicel 1-3 cm long; flowers large, white green, about 2 cm in diameter. Capsule red, 4-ribbed. The seed is black and the aril is orange yellow. It blooms in summer.

It grows in sparse forests on hillsides or on rocky slopes of river valleys. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

Bitter, warm and poisonous.

① Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, slightly astringent, flat. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, light, slightly astringent, warm, toxic. "

Functions and indications: Soothing tendons, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It is used to treat falls, fractures, rheumatism and pain.

① "Root: strengthening muscles and bones, relieving pain. It is used to treat injuries caused by falls and injuries and lumbago and leg pain. Root, stem skin: fracture treatment. "

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "root bark: Shujin Huoxue, Jiegu Zhixue. Treatment of traumatic injury, fracture, rheumatic pain, knife and gun injuries. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: grind the end to scatter or adjust to apply.