Black bone

Black bone

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] tiesansha, tiegutou, niuweixian, shanjinxian (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), Salix, green snake gall, small green snake, liuyejia (Kunming folk commonly used herbal medicine), Hei, feixianteng, Dafeng Teng (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection), xiaoheiniu, qingxiangteng, naijiangteng, qingsedan, Heiguteng, (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole plant of Periploca southwest, a species of asclepiadium.

[plant morphology] Periploca yunnanensis, also known as Periploca yunnanensis.

Evergreen climbing vines, more than 10 meters long. All glabrous, with milk. The root is slender, curved, fragrant and brown. The base of stem is woody and fibrous. Leaves opposite; narrowly lanceolate, 2.3-6 cm long, 0.4-1 cm wide, apex pointed, base broadly cuneate, entire, smooth on both sides; petiole short. Cyme axillary or terminal, flowers mostly 3; flowers small; petals 5, oval, tip, dark green yellow. The follicles are twin, oblong conical, obliquely spreading, 6-10 cm long, tapering at the upper end, containing most of the seeds with white long silky hairs.

Born in the mountains and forests. Distributed in Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] collected in autumn and winter, washed, sliced and dried.

[chemical constituents and pharmacological effects] periplocaside (crude glycoside) from fresh stem bark of Periploca yunnanensis has cardiotonic effect, and its characteristics are similar to those of helianthin G. The average lethal dose was 5.9 ± 1.0 mg / kg, which was lower than that of strobiloside G.

[nature and taste] common folk herbs in Kunming: "bitter, cool, with little poison. "

Functions and indications: tongjingluo, Qufengshi, Huoxue, Xiaoyan. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatoid arthritis, irregular menstruation, stomatitis, mastitis.

① "List of Guangxi Medicinal Plants": "cool and stop bleeding. Treatment of traumatic injury, typhoid, tuberculosis, malaria, abdominal pain. "

② Common folk herbs in Kunming: "dispel wind and dampness, dredge meridians, eliminate inflammation and detoxification. It is used to treat rheumatism, traumatic pain, heat sores, mastitis, pharyngitis and stomatitis. "

③ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection: "Shujin Huoluo, Qufeng dehumidification. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, injury, stomachache, dyspepsia, amenorrhea, irregular menstruation. "

④ "Guizhou medicine and plant catalogue": "treatment of cough caused by labor. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.

[taboo] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "patients with hepatitis and peptic ulcer should not take it. The daily dose should not be more than three money, take excessive convulsions, or even death. "