Sophora alopecuroides

Sophora alopecuroides

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] qintou (medicinal plant in Zhongtian desert area), broom snow seedling, Astragalus sinicus, flax, Astragalus sinicus (Leguminosae), etc.

[source] the whole plant of Astragalus Melilotoides.

[plant morphology] Astragalus Melilotoides

Perennial herbs, 1-1.5m high, with deep roots. Stem erect, much branched, sparsely pilose. The leaves are sparse, odd pinnate compound, leaflets 3-5, oblong or strip oblong, 8-15 mm long and 1-5 mm wide, apex truncate or slightly concave, base cuneate, pubescent on both sides; rachis pubescent; stipules lanceolate. Raceme axillary, flowers many, small, sparse; total pedicel 2-6 cm long; bracts ovate triangular; calyx campanulate, covered with black and white short hairs, 4.5 mm long, calyx teeth 5, triangular, about 0.5 mm long; corolla pink or white, keel purple, flag clawless, slightly longer than wing and keel; ovary glabrous, sessile. The pod is small, nearly round, 2-3 mm long, containing one seed. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows on the side of hillside ditch or riverbed sand, grass slope, beach, sandy gravel slope and sand dune. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, cut into sections and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] medicinal plants in desert areas of China: "bitter, slightly cold. "

[function indications] medicinal plants in desert areas of China: "dispelling wind and dampness. Treatment of rheumatic joint pain, numbness of limbs. "

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