Salix matsudana

Salix matsudana

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] Salix Hedysarum, Salix yanyensis and Salix xiaoyensis (economic flora of China).

[source] it is the tender leaves or branches of Salix matsudana.

[plant morphology] Salix matsudana

Trees, up to 18 meters high. Branches slender, erect or spreading, yellow to brown, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, apex long acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, margin serrate, tomentose above along midrib, pale or whitish below; petiole 2-4 mm long or subsessile; stipules lanceolate or absent, margin dentate, glandular punctate. Dioecious, male inflorescence short, cylindrical, 1.5-2.5 cm long, inflorescence axis hairy; bract broad ovate, apex obtuse; stamen 2, filament base hairy, anther yellow; female inflorescence very small, 10-25 mm long, inflorescence axis hairy, female flower has 2 glands. Capsule. The seeds are very small. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is May.

It grows on river bank, plateau and fixed sandy land. Distributed in Northeast, North China, Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Anhui and other places.

[collection] young leaves (willow buds) were collected in spring, branches and leaves were collected in spring, summer and autumn, fresh or dried.

[chemical composition] tannin content in bark was 3.06% - 7.49%.

The taste is slightly bitter. It is cold in nature.

Functions and indications: dispersing wind, removing dampness, clearing dampness and heat. Treatment of icteric hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, eczema.

[formula selection] 1. Prevention and treatment of icteric infectious hepatitis: hanliuya Sanqian. Open bubble, when tea drink, can also drink with brown sugar.

② Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, fever afraid of cold: dry willow bud five money. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of arthritis swelling and pain: fresh dry leaves, decoction, washing or dry willow five money, parasitic, mulberry, each three money, two to three money. Take it in water.

④ Treatment of goiter: fresh dry willow leaves 1 jin, add water 2500 ml, fry to 1000 ml, 200 ml each time. It can also be made into extract or pill.

⑤ Treatment of psoriasis, eczema: Salix leaf one or two, eight money, lard, appropriate amount, alum five. A total of mash, cloth coated the affected area, three times a day, six days as a course of treatment. (nature and taste are listed in medicinal plants in desert areas of China)