Root of Sophora tonkinensis

Root of Sophora tonkinensis

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the root of yadouteng, a leguminous plant.

[plant morphology] Guizhou yadouteng, also known as Caulis Spatholobi, Caulis Sanguinalis, Caulis laoyateng, Caulis laoyuanteng, Caulis Spatholobi, Caulis Spatholobi.

Climbing shrubs, much branched. Pinnate compound leaves, 14-19 cm long, 5 leaflets; leaflets oblong to ovate oblong, 5-8 cm long, 1.8-2.2 cm wide, apex acuminate or obtuse, entire, glabrous above, flat filiform below, petioles short; stipules spinose. Panicle terminal or axillary, flowers solitary, 1.5-2 cm long, dark purple, flag petal several round, with two calluses in the middle, small ears, outside dense filiform hair, wing petal has 2 small ears; stamens 10, 2 bundles; ovary linear lanceolate, dense filiform hair, stigma capitate. Pods.

Born in Rocky Mountains. It is distributed in Yunnan. Guizhou and other places.

The flower of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature, sweet and slightly astringent in taste.

[function indications] He Xue, antipyretic.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat red and white dysentery: Radix Aconiti and Pericarpium granatum. Take it in boiling water.

② Treatment of tuberculosis pain: yandoutenggen five money, iron chopsticks four money, Mutong three money. Wine making clothes.

③ Treatment of anemia: one or two roots of yandouteng, five money of wuxiangxueteng. Wine or stew.