Sedum sarmentosum

[Chinese name]:

Sedum sarmentosum

[category]:

[English name]

：StringyStonecropHerb

[alias]

Dog teeth, clover.

[source]:

Sedum sarmentosum Bunge is the whole plant of Sedum sarmentosum Bunge.

[collection and preparation]:

In summer and autumn, they were dug to remove impurities and dried in the sun.

[flavor]:

Cool in nature, sweet and cool in taste.

[plant morphology: perennial succulent herb, sterile branch creeping rooting, fruiting branch erect, 10-20cm long. Leaves 3-whorled, oblanceolate to oblong, 15-25 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, apex pointed, base gradually narrowed, entire. Cyme loose, often 3-5-branched; flowers pale yellow, sessile; sepals 5, broadly lanceolate to oblong, 3.5-5mm long, apex slightly obtuse; petals 5, lanceolate to oblong, 5-8mm long, apex with long tip outside; stamens 10, shorter than petals; carpels 5, slightly developed. The seeds are small, oval, wingless, with papillae on the surface. The flowering period is from May to June and the fruiting period is from July to August.

[growing place]:

Grown on hillside rocks or cultivated. It is distributed in the north and south of China.

[chemical composition]:

It contains n-methylisopelletine, dihydro-n-methylisopomegranate, sedoheptulose, glucose, fructose and sucrose.

[functional indications]:

Clearing away dampness and heat, reducing alanine aminotransferase. It can be used for the activity of acute hepatitis, persistent hepatitis and chronic hepatitis.