Under the fruit vine

Under the fruit vine

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[alias] Zuishan (selected Yunnan herbal medicine), yabengbo (Dai name).

[source] stems and leaves of Rhamnus bungeana

[plant morphology] rattan

Climbing shrubs, up to 10 m high. The stem is cylindrical, with longitudinal stripes, and the branch ends are often curled. Single leaf alternate; leathery; ovoid, 5-7 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base round or subcordate, margin serrate, green above, dark below, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, parallel veinlets between them; petiole 1-1.5 cm long; stipules 2, semicircular, margin serrate, amplexicaul. Inflorescence terminal or axillary; flowers small, heterogeneous; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5-lobed; ovary 3-locular. Capsule round, about 1 cm in diameter, 3-winged,

It grows in the mixed forest of hillside or in the open land of forest margin. Distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] harvested in autumn, dried or fresh.

[flavor] astringent, slightly bitter, cool.

[function indications] clearing away heat and inflammation.

[selected formula] treatment of burns: fresh stems and leaves of Cynanchum hypoglaucum, mashed, soaked in appropriate amount of cold boiled water, and smeared with the extract. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)