Hollow willow

Hollow willow

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Heilongjiang)

[synonym] Ma Niao Bi (Atlas of Chinese higher plants) and Spiraea salicifolia (key to northeast plants).

[source] the whole plant and root of Spiraea of Rosaceae.

[plant morphology] Spiraea

Erect shrub, 1-2m high. Stem cylindrical, upper gray green, near base brown yellow, surface smooth hard. Leaves alternate, oblong lanceolate to lanceolate, 4-8 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, margin densely serrate or doubly serrate, glabrous on both sides. Inflorescence is oblong or pyramidal panicle, attached to the top of the current year's long leafy branches, 6-13 cm long, pubescent; pollen red, 5-7 mm in diameter; calyx tube cup-shaped, sepals 5; petals 5; stamens numerous; carpel 5, superior, separated, 1-locular, with 2 ovules. Follicles erect, glabrous or pubescent along ventral suture.

It grows in mountain grass, river bank, gully, etc. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, especially in summer and autumn when flowers and leaves are flourishing. Wash and dry.

[function indications] "Heilongjiang commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "treat traumatic injury, joint pain, body ache, cough, phlegm, knife injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-4 yuan. External use: tamping.