Tongcheng tiger

Tongcheng tiger

(Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Wuhutongcheng and dingxincao (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), yidianxue (Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of Aristolochiaceae.

[plant morphology] Aristolochia fordii

Perennial climbing herbs with slender and yellowish roots. The stem is slender and light green. Leaves alternate, long ovate to heart-shaped, 4-10 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, apex acuminate or long pointed, base heart-shaped, above green, below green white. Veins pubescent, flowers dark purple. Capsule short cylindrical. It blooms in summer.

He was born in the valley. It is distributed in Guangxi, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer, wash, slice and dry.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, pungent, warm, with little poison. "

[function indications] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "Qufeng Zhitong, Xiaozhong Jiedu. Treatment of heart and stomach qi pain, rheumatism and bone pain, traumatic injury, infantile convulsion, snake bite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.2 ~ 1 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selected prescription] for infantile convulsion: tongchenghu, Gouteng, Dilong, decocted. (new selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi)