Black skin

Black skin

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonyms] tongtongxiang, daliwan, Burhan (Dai name),

[source] it is the root and vine of Hedysarum amurense.

[plant morphology] heifengteng, also known as guafumu.

Rattan wood, up to 8 meters long, gray black branches. Leaves subcleathery, oblong lanceolate, apex short pointed, base cuneate or suborbicular, 6-17 cm long, 2-7 cm wide, glabrous above and puberulent below; petiole 8-15 mm long, flowers small, 3-7 integrated into cymes, widely distributed on branchlets, opposite to leaves or axillary, yellow pilose; sepals 3, pilose; petals 6, 2-whorled, yellow brown pubescent. Fruit shortly stipitate, 2.5 cm in diam., pubescent yellow. Seeds reddish brown, smooth, flat, elliptic.

Born in the valley, river, roadside wet place. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] all year round.

Warm in nature and sweet in taste.

Functions and indications: unblock the meridians, strengthen the muscles and bones, strengthen the spleen and warm the middle. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cold, irregular menstruation.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[selected formula] treatment of rheumatism and bone pain: black skin Dieda with diaoxiang, Luzi Teng, and jiupao.