Hollow flower

Hollow flower

(color atlas of common Chinese herbal medicines)

[synonym] tender meat wood, Dingyao, Carassius auratus gall.

[source] it is the whole plant of Carassius auratus gall.

[plant morphology] Carassius auratus gall

Shrub, 1-3 m high. Stem erect, much branched; branchlets, leaves or veins and inflorescences all pilose. Leaves alternate, thin papery, broadly elliptic ovate, 5-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, apex short pointed or acuminate, base obtuse or rounded, margin coarsely serrated above middle. Raceme 2-4 cm long; flowers about 1.5 mm long; corolla 2 times longer than sepals, lobes broadly ovate, about as long as corolla tube. Berry globose, ca. 3 mm, apex often with persistent calyx; many seeds. The flowering period is May.

Most of them grow in the shrubs near the forest and on the edge of the forest. It is distributed in Southeast and southwest of China.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain alkaloids.

[nature and taste] Color Atlas of common Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, flat. "

[function indications] Color Atlas of common Chinese herbal medicine: "Jiegu Xiaozhong, Shengji Qufu. It is used to treat falls, wounds and sores. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamping.