Rattan

Rattan

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] yangjiaoteng (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), cold water sweating, water forcing medicine (Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection), gouhahuo (Dai name).

[source] it is the rattan or whole grass of Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] Cynanchum wilsonii

Climbing rattan. The stem is light brown, there are many protuberances in the skin, the young branches are smooth, the old branches have longitudinal crepe, and the stem and root have aroma. Single leaf opposite; oblong, 4-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, entire, upper green, lower light green, veins reddish red, glabrous. Cymes axillary; flowers small, yellow white. Large follicle, woody, oblong, spreading parallel, 5-9 cm long, apex curved. Seeds numerous, with long white sericeous hairs.

Born in hillside, valley, roadside forest. Distributed in Yunnan and Guangxi

[collection] collection in summer and autumn. Slice and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the root contains 4-methoxysalicylaldehyde.

[flavor] sweet and spicy, warm.

① Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, warm. "

② "Selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Simao of Yunnan Province": "Gan Xin, Wen". "

[function indications] it can relieve exterior heat, dispel wind and dredge collaterals. Treat cold, tracheitis, stomachache, distension, rheumatism and pain.

① "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "dispersing wind and cold, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, warming stomach and relieving pain. It can cure cold, stomach cold, pain and rheumatism. "

② "Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection": Qufeng jiebiao, Wenzhong Xingqi, Zhitong. It can cure cold, flu, headache, cough, tracheitis, stomachache, food accumulation and gas distension. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.