Rosa multiflora Thunb

Rosa multiflora Thunb

(collection of compendium)

[alias] seven sisters (qunfangpu) and sister flowers (Minnan folk herbal medicine).

[source] roots and leaves of ten sisters of Rosaceae.

Ten sisters

Deciduous shrubs. Stems slender, climbing, spines often under stipules. Leaflets 5-7, elliptic to ovoid, apex acuminate, margin serrate, puberulent; stipules comb like. The flowers are arranged in a flat corymb; the sepals are ovate with glands outside; the Corolla is dark red with double petals; the stamens are numerous; the pistils are numerous, and the style is glabrous, forming a columnar shape, extending out, often as long as the stamens. The fruit is spherical. The flowering period is from May to July.

It is cultivated in different places.

[nature and taste] Minnan folk herbal medicine: "bitter and smooth, slightly astringent. "

[function indications] for jaundice and swelling.

[optional formula] for treating jaundice, pikuai: five to eight yuan of fresh ten sister roots, two pairs of red pork, stir fried together, three to four pairs of red wine, boiled for one hour, served for lunch or dinner, once a day. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)