Shanmutong

Shanmutong

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonyms] chongdaoshan, qianjinba, tianxianju (Jiangxi herbal medicine), coir raincoat vine, wannianteng (Hunan herbal medicine), Daye Guangban Ligang (Zhejiang Tianmu yam flora), damutong (Guizhou medicinal plant catalog).

[source] it is the root, stem and leaf of Akebia.

[plant morphology] Akebia shanmutong

Semi evergreen climbing shrub. It is 4-13 meters high. Stem reddish brown, striped, glabrous, sometimes sparsely short hairy. 3 compound leaves, with simple leaves between, opposite; petiole convoluted; leaflets lanceolate, broadly ovate or ovate oblong, 5-12 cm long, 2-4.5 (~ 7) cm wide, base cordate or rounded, apex pointed or long pointed. Full, leathery. Single or 3-flowered, sometimes 5-flowered in racemes, axillary; bracts linear, long pointed or 3-toothed at apex, with short straight hairs; pedicel 5-12 cm long, bracteoles 2, linear, hairy; petiole sometimes with small bracts in the middle; flowers white, 3-5 cm in diameter, perianth 4, sometimes more, lanceolate, with dense villi, stamens many, filaments flat; pistils very dense, ovary and flowers The column has long straight hair. Achene spindle and flat, 5 mm long, with yellow straight hairs, stigma persistent, with pinnate hairs.

It is distributed in the Yangtze River Valley, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, etc.

The root of this plant is used as Clematis in Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places.

[nature and taste] Jiangxi herbal medicine: "bitter, warm. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, gastroenteritis, malaria, mastitis, chancre, eye health Star Yi.

① "Stem: unblocking orifices, benefiting water. "

② "Zhejiang Tianmu yam Zhi": "Ye: treat joint swelling and pain, mash and apply, as foaming agent; Gen: treat eye shengxingyi, mash, cloth bag in the nose. "

③ Jiangxi herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation to relieve pain, dispelling wind and dredging collaterals. Treatment of rheumatic arthritis, gastroenteritis, malaria, Zouma chancre, corneal ulcer, mastitis, hemorrhoids swelling, intestinal wind blood. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, root 1-3 Qian; leaf 0.5-1 Liang; or grind powder. External use: tamping or nasal packing.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of rheumatic low back pain: the root of shanmutonggen is Wuqian. At the end of the research, a pair of pig kidney, cut open and scrape off the white film, put the medicine into the pig kidney, wrap it in Lai leaf, simmer and take it. Avoid salt.

② Treatment of horse chancre: shanmutong root amount of fresh. Mash, knead into broad beans, apply to the central part of forehead, once a day.

③ Treatment of traumatic injury: shanmutong stem and leaf (fresh) two liang, Qiancao root five money. Take it in water and wine, one dose a day.

4. Treat all kinds of bone stem throat: Amaki Michine, sugar and Baijiu one or two. Take it in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine is selected)