Vase flower

Vase flower

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Rhododendron lucidum.

[plant morphology] Rhododendron lucidum, also known as little Rhododendron.

Evergreen dwarf shrubs, 50-150 cm high. Branchlets slender, light brown. The branches and leaves are densely covered with brown scales. Single leaf alternate; leathery; leaf blade elliptic or elliptic oval, 1-2 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide, apex acute, base cuneate, entire, dark green above, light green below, hairy; petiole about 3 mm long, covered with brown hairs. Flowers 3-6, axillary, pedicel with brown hairs; sepals 5, with brown hairs; corolla funnel-shaped, white or pink; stamens 5, longer than corolla, lower hairy; pistils 1, ovary densely brown hairs. Capsule densely reddish brown strigose.

Born in the mountains and grasslands or under the pine forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] collection in summer and autumn. Slice and dry in the sun.

It is astringent and cool.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and diuresis. Treatment of infantile convulsion, nephritis.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.