Qiangui zuishengteng

Qiangui zuishengteng

(list of plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] wild cowpea and crow flower (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of the plant of Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] zuishengteng, also known as Guizhou zuishengteng.

Subshrub twining. The stem is slender. Leaves opposite, long ovate, 4.5-9 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, entire; petiole 1.5-2 cm long; upper leaves narrower. Inflorescence axillary. Fruit thin, 10-13 cm long, slightly flat, inward curved. Seeds brown, crown white villous.

Born in the wild. Distributed in Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[flavor] pungent, flat.

Functions and indications: dehumidification and detoxification.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat rheumatism and beriberi: take the root of wild cowpea fried in water. Or wash the affected area with whole herb fried water.

② Treatment of fetal toxicity: Wild cowpea root and prickly ash a little, fried with vegetable oil after rub the affected area.

③ Treatment of malaria: Wild cowpea root two money, fried eggs to eat. (the following is Guizhou folk medicine)