Rhizoma Menispermi

Rhizoma Menispermi

(classified herbal medicine)

[synonym] Shao Zi gen, Tu Er Miao, Gou Er Yang, Yang Zi Gen (famine relief materia medica), Nai Jiang Teng (classified herbal medicine), Mian Gen Cao, Gou Er Wan (Tianbao materia medica), Xiao Xuan Hua (botanical Dictionary), Nan Mian Gen (collection of commonly used folk herbs), Ivy Ye Fu Jian, Gou Er man (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or rhizome of Convolvulaceae.

[plant morphology] bowl flower

Perennial creeping herbs. Rhizome slightly thick fat, diameter 4-8 mm. Stems slender, twining or creeping. The leaf blade is halberd shaped or 3-lobed, 3.5-8 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, with the largest middle lobe and shorter lateral lobes, and then 2-lobed, apex pointed, entire or undulate, base heart-shaped. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicel slightly longer than petiole; bracts 2, ovoid, larger, surrounding calyx, persistent; calyx lobes oblong, smooth; corolla funnel-shaped, 2-4 cm long, reddish white; stamens 5, concealed; pistil 1, ovary 1, style 1, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid, slightly pointed, smooth, with 4 black seeds. The flowering period is from May to August. The fruit period is from August to October.

It grows in cultivated land, wasteland, roadside, stream, lake and other tidal wetlands. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[collection] harvest from August to September.

[chemical constituents] the root tuber contains the lactone components, such as garumbine and tetrandrine. The starch content of rhizome was 17%. The leaves and flowers contain kaempferol-3-galactoside.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is mild in nature, slightly sweet in taste and non-toxic. "

[function indications] for gonorrhea, leucorrhea, irregular menstruation, infantile malnutrition.

① "Classification of herbal medicine": treatment of leucorrhea, menstruation and five gonorrhea, vomiting and galactosis in children. "

② "Collection of commonly used folk herbs": "treating malnutrition and postpartum cold. "

③ "Shaanxi plant medicine investigation": "wither the meridians, promote blood circulation, nourish yin, tonify deficiency. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.

[selected formula] ① for the treatment of children with spleen weakness and Qi deficiency: the root of miangenteng and Jishiteng are used as cake. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

② Treatment of deafness due to kidney deficiency: four pairs of fresh roots, four pairs of rattan roots and four pairs of bell grass. Stewed pig ear suit. (Chongqing herbal medicine)