Convolvulus

Convolvulus

(Ben Jing)

[synonym] jinggen flower (Ben Jing), mosquitos flower (Ben Cao Tu Jing).

[source] it is the flower of the family Convolvulaceae.

[plant morphology] Li Tian Jian, also known as Shao (the book of songs), Ta Mao (Erya),? (Shuowen), Yan Shao (Lu Ji's Shi Shu), Mei Cao (BIE Lu), Xuan Shao (Tang materia medica), Shao Xuan (Si Sheng materia medica), Zhi Chang Cao (the sketch book), Tian Jian Cao (compendium), and fan Teng (the compilation of the name and reality of plants).

Herbs perennial, all glabrous. Stems twining, creeping, much branched. The leaves are alternate, long ovate or triangular ovate, 4-8 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base halberd shaped, with lobes or without lobes at the base but short auricular; petiole 4-5 cm long. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicel 6-8 cm long; bracts 2, broadly ovate, base heart-shaped, about 2.5 cm long; sepals 5, oval lanceolate, apex pointed; corolla funnel-shaped, light red, 4-7 cm long, 3-4 times longer than calyx, with 5 inconspicuous lobes; stamens 5; ovary superior, 2-locular, style filiform, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule globose, smooth. Seeds ovoid, glabrous, black. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from July to August.

Born in wasteland and roadside. It is distributed in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

The roots (roots of Convolvulus) and stems and leaves (seedlings of Convolvulus) of this plant are also used for medicine.

In ancient Chinese Materia Medica, the Convolvulus not only refers to the above species, but also includes the bowl flower of the same genus. See the article "miangenteng".

[collection] collected from May to July, dried in the shade.

[chemical composition] please refer to "Doggy rice".

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, warm.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes sweet and warm. "

② Bielu: "non toxic. "

③ The compendium of Medical Sciences: "it's sweet, smooth and slightly bitter. "

[function indications] "Ben Jing" says: "Tonifying Qi, removing noodles? Black. "

[recipe selection] secret pith: five colored dragon bones, five raspberries, four lotus pistils, three taels of guzihua, and one hundred chicken head kernels. At the end, 200 Rosa laevigata (peeled), mashed with wooden mortar, seven liters of water, one liter of concentrated juice, two thousand pestles, and thirty pills of warm salt wine. Avoid sunflower vegetables. (ruizhutang experience prescription Taiyi Golden Lock pill)