Five claw wind

Five claw wind

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] wuzhuteng.

[source] it is the whole plant of Rubus quinquefolium.

[plant morphology] Rubus quinquefolius

Climbing shrubs. Stem densely covered with bristles and long brown hairs. Single leaf alternate, slightly round, 8-13 cm long, 6.5-13 cm wide, palmately 5-lobed, lobes broadly lanceolate, apex acute, base heart-shaped, margin irregularly serrated, upper smooth glabrous, lower densely hairy along the vein; petiole 6-10 cm long, densely hairy with fine prickles; stipules pinnate. Several flowers clustered in leaf axils, sessile; calyx 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate; outside hairy; petals 5, pale yellow; stamens more applied, separated; pistils many. The aggregate fruit is globose and red. The flowering period is from May to June.

Born on the sunny slope of low mountain area. It is distributed in Sichuan and Guizhou.

[flavor] cool, bitter and nontoxic.

[function indications] it is used to treat traumatic injury, low back pain, chicken claw wind and Sha syndrome.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-8 yuan.