Shrimp seed flower

Shrimp seed flower

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonym] Wu Fuhua (flora of Guangzhou) and red honey flower (selected Chinese herbal medicine from Simao, Yunnan).

[source] it is the root and flower of chelidae.

[plant morphology] shrimp seed flower

Shrub, 1.5-3 m high. Young branches pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, leathery, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 7-12 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, usually glabrous above, whitish below, with minute black glandular dots, pubescent, subsessile. Cymes axillary, paniculate, ca. 3 cm long, rachis hairy; bracteoles caducous; flowers bisexual, pedicel ca. 3 mm long; calyx simple, bright red, 1-1.3 cm long, mouth slightly oblique, with 6 teeth, small appendages between calyx teeth; petals 6, usually not longer than calyx teeth; stamens 12, on the lower part of calyx tube, obviously protruding; ovary superior, 2-locular, style larger than stamens Slightly longer. Capsule narrowly elliptic, ca. 7 mm long, enclosed in calyx tube, 2-valved, with many seeds. The flowering period is from March to April.

Born on the sunny side of the road, river and hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] root, which can be harvested all year round; flower, which can be harvested in spring and summer.

[pharmacological action] the water decoction of the flower from India has obvious antipyretic effect on artificial fever rats, which is stronger than aspirin.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines of Simao in Yunnan: "warm in nature, slightly sweet and astringent in taste. "

The main treatment of hemorrhoids and dysentery in Guangxi. "

② "Regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation, stopping bleeding and cooling blood" is the key point of "selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine". It is used to treat women's blood collapse, irregular menstruation, epistaxis and hemoptysis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or soaking in wine.

[selected formula] for dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea: dried shrimp seed flower, Eupatorium adenophorum, Rubia cordifolia, leek root, palm root. Wine making clothes. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)