Shuiliansha

Shuiliansha

(Emei medicine plant)

[synonyms]? Acanthopanax and yanlengzi (Chinese tree taxonomy), and baimagu (Tianmu, Zhejiang).

[source] it is the branch, leaf or root of Grifola frondosa.

[plant morphology] Grifola frondosa

Deciduous or semievergreen low shrubs, ca. 50 cm tall, branches spreading horizontally to both sides, pubescent. The leaves are alternate, suborbicular to broadly elliptic, 10-12 mm long and 4-9 mm wide, with a pointed tip at the apex and a round or pointed base. The upper part is dark green, and the lower part is covered with hirsute hairs on the veins and petioles. The petioles are 1-2 mm long. Some leaves turn red or orange red in late autumn. Flowers 1-2, pink, at the top of spur like short lateral branches, nearly sessile; calyx 5-lobed, slightly hairy; petals 5; stamens 20. Fruit subglobose, about 5 mm long, bright red, often 3-nucleated. The flowering period is June. The fruit period is from September to October.

Born on the hillside. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[functions and indications] ① Emei Yaozhi: "cough relieving, Decoction and taking.". "

② According to Zhejiang TIANRI yam Zhi, "for women with dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, one jin of root or whole grass, cut into thin pieces, boil four Jin of water, take seven to eight cooked duck eggs, crack the eggshells, put them into the medicinal juice, simmer them gently for five or six hours, and eat them several times. "