Diploptera microphylla

Diploptera microphylla

(Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)

[synonym] Polygonum hydropiper (raw herbal medicine manual) and myrtle (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou Army).

[source] the leaves and roots of Croton hirsutum, a Euphorbiaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Croton hirsutum

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high, covered with grayish yellow stellate pubescence. Leaves alternate, papery; oblong or ovate oblong, usually 5-8 cm long, sometimes twice as long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute or slightly obtuse, margin small serrate, glandular dots on margin, base broadly cuneate, 2 glandular dots near petiole; pilose, nearly bald when old; petiole 6-10 mm long. Flowers unisexual; raceme terminal, 7-16 cm long; bracts small, conic, entire; male flowers clustered, upper part of inflorescence, about 2 mm in diameter, calyx 5-lobed, petals 5-lobed, oblong, stamens 10-12, attached on hairy disk; female flowers several at the base of inflorescence, calyx 5-lobed, 2 mm long, petals very small, conic, ovary hairy, 3-locular, 1 ovule per locule, style 2-lobed. Capsule up to 1 cm in diameter, covered with stellate hairs and long hirsute hairs. The flowering period is May.

It grows on hillsides and shrubs. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] all year round.

[herbal medicine] dry leaves with a small number of twigs, papery, oblong or oval oblong leaves, bare, dark red, with stellate hairs on the back, yellow green; serrated margin, glandular dots on the base, 3 veins on the base, pinnate lateral veins, 3-4 on each side, glandular dots near the petiole. Qi is weak. It is better to have few branches and no impurity.

Made in Guangdong.

[chemical constituents] the roots contain alkaloids, phenols and triterpenes.

Hard work, warm. Toxic.

① Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "Xin, Wen. Toxic. "

② Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "hard work, warm.". There's a little poison. "

Functions and indications: 1) Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "expelling wind and detoxifying. It can cure snake bite, skin itching, rheumatism and foot pain. "

② Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine: "dispelling wind and dampness, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, muscle arthralgia, postpartum paralysis, herpes zoster, tumefaction, abscess, gangrene, snake bite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: decocting, mashing or grinding.

[should not] pregnant women should not use it.