Wulong wagging his tail

Wulong wagging his tail

(Hunan medical records)

[synonyms] shewubao, heiwubao, daoshuilian, wupao (Hunan medicinal records), huishanpao, hongpaole, daletan (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the root and leaf of Rubus pallidus.

[plant morphology] Raspberry

Deciduous shrub, 1-3 m high. Branchlets and petioles with needlelike spines and gray white hairs, mixed with glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, papery, suborbicular or broadly ovate, 4.5-8 cm long and 4.5-9 cm wide, apex apical, base cordate, margin technically notched and irregularly serrulate, upper main vein with short hairs, lower dense gray hairs; petiole 1.5-3 cm long; stipules lacerated linear to triangular; panicle terminal, total pedicel and pedicel densely tomentose; bracts 2, linear ; calyx 5-lobed, lanceolate; petals 5-lobed, white, obovate; stamens numerous, separated; pistils numerous. Aggregate fruit nearly round, purple brown. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from October to November.

It grows on slopes, streams, roadside grass or shrubs. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

The fruit of this plant (Ligusticum wallichii) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

"Sour and astringent, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. Hunan Medical Records: "root: treat amenorrhea, postpartum cold, lumbago and abdominal pain, muscle and bone pain, numbness. Ye: it is used to treat traumatic injuries and rashes. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "root: cure dysentery. Ye: it is used to treat insect and toothache. "

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