Nanmuxiang

Nanmuxiang

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Xiao Nan Muxiang, Tu Tu Xiang, Da Gu Teng, Chuan Shi Teng, Bai Fangji, Jin Buhuan (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), Tengzi Yinxiao (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection), di Tan Xiang (Yunnan en Mao Chinese herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the root of Aristolochiaceae.

[plant morphology] Aristolochia yunnanensis

Vines, 1-2 m long, perennial. The root is cylindrical, yellowish brown, with pungent aroma, leaves alternate, oval lanceolate, 6-10 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base heart-shaped, all green, dark green above, white green below, hairy; petiole thin, hairy. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicel slender; perianth tube curved, mouth everted, purple, 5-lobed, yellow inside, light green outside. Capsule pear shaped, apex rounded, base tapering. The seeds are numerous. It blooms in early summer.

It grows under the forest or bush on the hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] in autumn.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "pungent, warm. "

Functions and indications: warming the middle of the body, regulating qi, relieving pain and digestion, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Treat gastritis, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, rheumatism and bone pain.

① "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "warm in dispersing cold, Xiaoshi. Treatment of gastritis, abdominal cold pain. "

② "Selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "Jianwei Xiaoshi, Sanhan Liqi, Zhitong. Treatment of gastritis, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, biliary colic. "

③ "Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection": "shujingluo, Zhitong. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-3 yuan; soak wine or grind powder.

[prescription selection] ① for rheumatism, bone pain, lumbago and knee arthralgia, stomachache: nanmuxiang 2-3 Qian, decoction or wine. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

② Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis: nanmuxiang one or two, a catty of wine. Five to one or two yuan per serving, two to three times a day. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)