Tsuen pi

Tsuen pi

(records of traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] whole skin and front skin (records of traditional Chinese Medicine), xiaoliuguai and shanjiujia (Shaanxi herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Meliaceae.

[plant morphology] Huang Suqian

Deciduous shrub, up to 2 m high. Branchlets slender, green when young, pubescent. Leaves alternate, 3-compound, 5-sparse; leaflets elliptic or oblong, 1-4 cm long, sparsely pilose above, gray white below, pilose on veins. Cyme terminal; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; corolla yellow, trumpet shaped, flower tube thin, apex spreading, 5-lobed. Berries oval, black.

It grows in the shrub on the hillside. It is distributed in Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested, washed, dried or fresh all year round.

[nature and taste] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter and astringent, warm. "

[function indications] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting muscle growth and astringency. Treatment of traumatic injury, blood stasis, fracture, knife injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.