Sandalwood root

Sandalwood root

(list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang)

[synonym] arsenic seed, toad saliva (Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resources list).

[source] it is the root of Pterocarpus alba.

[plant morphology] sandalwood

Deciduous shrubs or trees. Twigs and abaxial leaves usually sparsely white hairy. Leaves papery, ovate elliptic or obovate elliptic, 3-9 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide, apex acuminate or shortly acuminate, base usually broadly cuneate, margin inflected, acutely serrate; petiole about 4-5 mm long. Flowers white, slightly aromatic, terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx without bract; sepals 5, eyelashes; petals oblong elliptic, about 5 mm long; stamens about 25, varying in length, slightly shorter than petals or tips long; style about as long as stamens, stigma not divided. Drupe obliquely ovoid globose, bluish black, ca. 6 mm long, apical 5 calyx teeth persistent. The flowering period is May. The fruit is hot in July.

Born in mountain forest. It is distributed in North China, central China and South China.

[functions and indications] list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang Province: "dispersing wind and detoxifying, and treating abdominal tumor. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.