Huo Suo Ma

Huo Suo Ma

(Guangzhou army's Manual of Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] hemp tree, Lizi numbness (outline of Chinese medicinal plants) and scabby bark tree (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine) of Guangzhou army.

[source] is the root of Wutong Hill sesame.

[plant morphology] Sesamum bicolor

Shrubs, ca. 2-3 m tall; twigs stellate pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate, 10-12 cm long, 7-9 cm wide, apex irregularly divided, base rounded or obliquely cordate, margin serrate, both sides hairy, 5-veined; petiole fluffy; stipules linear, caducous. Cyme axillary, often 2-3 clusters, 2 cm long; bracteoles subulate; flowers red or purple, 3.5-4 cm in diameter; calyx usually 4-5-lobed, lobes triangular, 2 lip shaped; petals unequal, front 2 larger, oblique sickle shaped; stamens 10; sterile stamens 5; ovary slightly papillary, after pollination spiral. Capsule cylindrical, spirally twisted, black at maturity, apex acute, 5 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, initially stellate pilose, then gradually falling off. The flowering period is from April to October.

It grows in the bush of arid wilderness, hillside and hilly forest. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round. Wash, slice and dry.

[nature and taste] Guangzhou Army (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual): "light, slightly bitter, flat. "

[functions and indications] the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "promoting qi to relieve pain, treating chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer. "

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