Xiaoxue ginseng

Xiaoxue ginseng

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] Bai Tuzi (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the root of Sophora tonkinensis.

[plant morphology] Sophora tonkinensis, also known as white Lespedeza, small leaf with hair Wuzhi.

Shrubs, 60-100 cm high. Branchlets densely covered with brownish yellow tomentose. Compound leaves alternate; leaflets 3, long elliptic or elliptic, 2-4.5 cm long, 1-2.2 cm wide, apex round, with small needles, attached villi on both sides, especially dense below, raceme axillary, rachis densely covered with brown villi; pedicel very short; bracteoles linear or oval linear; calyx 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate subulate, densely covered with villi; corolla white, flag petal as long as keel petal Flowers axillary or slightly longer; apetalous, sessile, clustered head. Pods elliptic or obovate round, densely tomentose. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruit period is from September to October.

Born in the jungle on the hillside. It is distributed in most areas of China.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[nature and taste] Guizhou folk medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is sweet. "

[functions and indications] ① Guizhou folk medicine: "nourishing. Treatment of deficiency tuberculosis, deficiency swelling. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "invigorating spleen and tonifying deficiency. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1 Liang; or stewed meat.