Caulis Hedysarum

Caulis Hedysarum

(Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name: Qingteng, tieniurushi and qingjinteng.

[source] it is the root and stem of rhamniaceae.

[plant morphology] drupe

Liana woody, 2-3 m high. The root is stout, and the skin is dark purple red. The stem is much branched, with fine longitudinal lines, and the young branches are green. Simple leaves alternate; leathery; stipitate; ovate or oblong, 4-8 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate or suborbicular, entire or slightly wavy, both surfaces green, glabrous, lower lateral veins very obvious. Axillary cymes or sometimes terminal panicles; flowers small, greenish white; calyx 5-lobed, lobes triangular; petals 5-spatulate; stamens 5; ovary 2-locular, enclosed in a 5-angled disk. The nut is spherical, reddish brown when ripe, with a duck tongue shaped membranous thin wing on the top, 3-5 cm long. The flowering period is summer and moon.

It grows under the sparse forest or in the shrubbery on the side of the mountain or ditch. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] it can be collected all year round, cleaned, sliced and dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the root contains alkaloids, flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids and anthraquinone.

Sweet and warm.

① "Sweet and astringent, warm" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

② "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "mild in taste, mild in nature. "

Functions and indications: tonifying qi and blood, expelling wind and activating collaterals. Treatment of Qi and blood loss, rheumatic pain, traumatic injury.

① Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "tonifying qi and blood, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Treatment of Qi and blood loss, irregular menstruation, rheumatism, muscle and bone pain, numbness of limbs, traumatic injury. "

② "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "invigorating blood, dispelling wind, strengthening muscles and bones. Treatment of anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.