Mistletoe Ramulus

Mistletoe Ramulus

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] Maple parasitic, longevity parasitic, persimmon parasitic, camphor parasitic, pear parasitic (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), Quercus glauca parasitic (Hainan flora), mulberry parasitic (Tibetan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the branch and leaf of mistletoe.

[plant morphology] mistletoe

Parasitic shrubs, 1 meter high. Branches cylindrical, gray brown; branchlets tetragonal or polygonal, 2-3 branched, nodes slightly swollen, internodes 1-4 cm long. The leaves degenerate into scales. Flowers minute, sessile, solitary or whorled at nodes; male corolla solid, with 4 lobes; female flowers globose, ca. 1 mm long, base with 1 cup-shaped, apex truncated bracts; corolla lobes 4, abscission; ovary inferior. Berries elliptic, 3-4 mm long, yellow when ripe, smooth. The flowering period is from August to September. The fruit period is autumn and winter.

It is parasitic on elm, mulberry, willow and poplar. It is distributed in southern China and Tibet.

[nature and taste] "common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet:" it is flat in nature and bitter in taste. "

[functions and indications] 1. List of Guangxi Medicinal Plants: "expelling wind, strengthening, relaxing tendons, clearing heat, relieving cough and anti inflammation. Treatment of lung disease, hematemesis, breast sores, abdominal pain. "

② "Tibet commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "strengthen muscles and bones, lower blood pressure, dispel wind and dampness. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, hypertension, fetal movement, hypogalactia. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.