Copper parasol

Copper parasol

(commonly used folk herbs in Guangxi)

Another name: Hu Dou, Yan Teng, Yang Tao Ye Luo San.

[source] it is the root or whole grass of leguminous plant tingteng.

[plant morphology] tingteng

Erect shrubs or subshrubs, 30-90 cm high, nearly bald. Leaflets 7-13, opposite, ovate to ovate lanceolate, 2.5-6 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide; green above, glabrous below, with white t-hairs; apex short, base narrow, entire; stipules acicular. Raceme axillary, to 15 cm long; petiole slender; calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, calyx teeth broadly triangular, with white pubescence; corolla butterfly shaped, light red, ca. 15 mm long, flag petal densely short hairy. Pods straight, linear, ca. 4 cm long, brownish black. The seeds are numerous. It blooms in summer.

Born in the wild or cultivated in the garden. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places.

[collection] all year round. Wash and dry.

[nature and taste] pungent, slightly acidic, flat, non-toxic.

[functions and indications] it can manage Dieda, continue muscles and bones, dredge meridians, disperse blood stasis, and relieve swelling and pain. Treatment of traumatic injury, stasis, rheumatic joint pain.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or pills. External use: tamping.