Celastrus angustifolia

Celastrus angustifolia

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] qingmuxiang.

[source] it is the root of Aristolochiaceae.

[plant morphology] Celastrus angustifolia

Liana. Roots stout, irregularly cylindrical, slightly branched. The leaves are alternate, slightly leathery, ovate heart-shaped, 5.5-8.5 cm long and 4-5.5 cm wide, rough on the top, densely covered with thick white villi on the bottom, entire. Flowers solitary, leaf axils dark purple, perianth tubular curved; stamens 6; ovary inferior, 6-locular. Capsule, elliptic.

It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[taste] bitter, slightly warm.

Function indications: promoting Qi, strengthening stomach and relieving pain. Treatment of stomachache, traumatic injury.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-8 yuan; or soak in wine.