Xiaojiujieling

Xiaojiujieling

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] xiaowuzhulong, wuzhujinlong, xiaohongyao, tongsixi (common folk herbal medicine in Kunming).

[source] it is the root or the whole plant of Gypsophila glabrata.

[plant morphology] climbing vine on Guangye cliff

Perennial climbing vines, 3-5 m long. Root hypertrophy, spindle shaped, skin purple red, tough. The stem is long and thin with furrow on the surface; the tendril is unbranched and curly. It's tough. Leaves alternate, palmately compound; leaflets 5, with short petiole, elliptic lanceolate, the largest one in the center, two smaller ones at the base, apex acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, leaf margin with shallow wavy serrated, green on the top, gray on the bottom; flowers heterogeneous, corymb arranged into cymes; flowers small, yellow green. The berries are globose and fleshy.

It grows in mixed forest or steep wall on hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] collected in autumn and winter, sliced and dried.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "astringent, slightly bitter, cold. "

[functions and indications] ① in Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "Jiegu Shengji, hemostasis and anti-inflammatory. Treatment of fracture, scrofula, traumatic bleeding. "

② "Common folk herbal medicine in Kunming": "Shujin Huoluo, Zhixue Shengji. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatism, joint pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.