Sanpiye

Sanpiye

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[source] it is the root of the shoot of the leguminous plant cotyledon villosum.

[plant morphology] cotyledon villosum

Subshrub, 1-2m high. The young shoots are yellow tomentose. Leaves alternate, compound leaves have 3 leaflets, the base leaflets are obovate, the top leaflets gradually smaller, narrow elliptic lanceolate, green above, downy below, silver white. Racemes axillary or terminal; compound panicles; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, with nodules below; flowers yellowish, keel bent, beaked. Pods.

It grows in the Bush on the hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] harvested in summer and autumn, sliced and dried.

[flavor] bitter and astringent, flat.

[function indications] Tongjing Huoxue, shujinluo, convergence, pain. Chronic diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism, dysmenorrhea.

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

[selected formula] to treat chronic diarrhea: root of sapiens, dried ginger and pepper. Take it in water.