Wild hops

Wild hops

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] hops, fragrant snake hemp.

[source] it is the flower of Phellodendron amurense.

[plant morphology] huahubu

Perennial herbaceous vines, 4-6 m high, with inverted bristles. Leaves opposite, oval, 3-5-lobed, 7-lobed, 5-13 cm long, apex pointed, base cordate, margin serrate, long petiole, rough surface; leaves on inflorescence branches smaller, undivided. Dioecious, male inflorescence conical, large; female inflorescence short spike, oval, slightly drooping, with slender stems, yellowish green, spherical when bearing fruit; bracts with aromatic glands at the base of inner surface, enlarged after flowering. Achenes oblate, brown.

It grows in the gully bottom or sparse shrub of low mountain or middle mountain area. Distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] the flowers are picked at the beginning of opening in autumn and dried in the shade or dry.

[taste] bitter, flat.

Functions and indications: invigorating stomach, calming and anti tuberculosis. Treatment of dyspepsia, do not think about diet, malaria, insomnia, tuberculosis.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-6 yuan; or soak boiled water instead of tea.