Sifangteng

Sifangteng

(records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] kuanjinteng, hongkuanjinteng, chungenteng, shenjinteng (Luchuan materia medica), Desmodium, ruanjianteng, fengteng (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), fangteng, hongsifangteng (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the stem of grapevine tetragonum.

[plant morphology] tetragonum

Woody vines, more than 10 meters long. Stem, branch, petiole sharp quadrangular, tender part broken, often with filamentous juice, stem node, dark purple red or light green. Leaves alternate, ovate, varying in size, 14 cm long and 10 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base heart-shaped, margin slightly raised from lateral veins, purple; petiole 6 cm long; tendrils opposite leaves, apex 2 forked, stipules 2, square. Corymbs on top of lateral branches; calyx cup-shaped, green or slightly purplish red; petals 4, oblong ovate, apex purplish red, ca. 3 mm; stamens 4; pistils 1, style conical, stigma entire. Berry fleshy, spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, ripe purple black. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from November to December.

In broad-leaved forest.

[collection] harvest in autumn, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

[herbal medicine] the stem is tetragonal, 50-70 cm long, 5-18 mm in diameter, slightly twisted, with stipules and tendril residues on the nodes, 7-20 cm long internodes, slightly winged on the edges, gray brown to dark brown on the surface, rough, with lenticels and wrinkles. It's tough. The section is irregular, the skin is thin, the xylem is reddish yellow, with dense vessels, the ray of xylem is very narrow, and the pith is purple.

[processing] wash, moisten, slice and dry.

Sweet and smooth.

① "Luchuan Materia Medica": "sweet, cold. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "taste slightly bitter, flat. "

③ "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "slightly sour taste, flat. "

[Guijing] records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the liver meridian. "

[function indications] it is used to treat rheumatic pain and tendon injury.

① "Lu Chuan's Materia Medica": "removing rheumatism. Treatment of limb contracture, convulsions, rheumatic pain, injuries tendon. "

② Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Shujin Huoluo, Quyu Shengxin. Treatment of internal injuries, tendons and collaterals contracture. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang; or soaking in wine. External use: fried with wine.

[taboo] Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "don't take it for deficiency cold without blood stasis. "