White skin

White skin

(Guizhou folk medicine)

Another name: niuqianjin.

[source] it is the bark of Euonymus Tengchong.

[plant morphology] Euonymus Tengchong

shrub. The branches are gray white, longitudinally striated, rough; the branchlets are many, and the petioles are attached. Leaves opposite, elliptic or oblong, 2-8.5 m long, 0.8-3.2 cm wide, apex short pointed or acuminate, base round, margin serrate, upper green, glabrous, slightly glossy, lower veins prominent, sparsely short hairy. Inflorescence umbelliform, flowers small; sepals 4; petals 4; stamens 4, inserted on disk, anthers purplish red; pistils 1, ovary superior. Capsule.

In the forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and light in taste.

[function indications] hemostasis. For the treatment of knife wounds, rub the concentrated juice with water, or grind the powder and sprinkle on the affected area.