Clematis japonica

Clematis japonica

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonym] guiduyou (annotation of Materia Medica Classic), duyaocao (Tang materia medica), guiduyaocao (compendium), guiduyou, Four Heavenly Kings (textual research of plant names and facts), siyejin (Fujian folk herbal medicine), siyedui (Anhui herbal medicine), siyecao (Handbook of eliminating diseases and Patriotic Health Campaign), sikuawa (Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals), dengcaohua, fenyeqin and Suye Artemisia ordosica, Brassica campestris, Myrica rubra, Gentianaceae macrophylla (Liaoning Economic flora), four diamond, four seasons fragrance, four tiles (Hunan medicinal flora), four generations grass (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Clematis.

[plant morphology] Clematis

Perennial herbs. Stem erect, usually unbranched, glabrous, ca. 30-40 cm high, nodes distinct, purplish, upper scalelike, with a few pairs of leaflets. The stem apex is 4-leaf, opposite, broadly ovate, ovate or elliptic, 4-12 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, apex long pointed, base cuneate, margin coarsely serrated, tooth tip has a gland, leaf surface dark green, back light green, papery; petiole is about 10-15 mm long. Spike is terminal, single, 2-3 cm long, with 2-5 cm stalk below, opposite flowers, flowers bisexual; bracts are white Stamens 3, filaments linear, white, 4-5 mm long, base healed, attached to ovary abaxially, upper part separated, middle stamen without anther; ovary inferior, green, stigma truncate, sessile, drupe pear shaped, ca. 2 mm in diameter. It blooms in spring.

It grows in the shady and wet place of mountain forest. Distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi and other places.

The rhizome of this plant (Clematis) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[chemical constituents] it contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids and sugars.

It's hard, warm and poisonous.

① Anhui medicinal materials: "it is highly toxic. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "the taste is hard, the nature is warm. "

Functions and indications: dispersing cold, dispelling wind, promoting blood stasis and detoxifying. Treatment of cold cough, women with amenorrhea, wind itching, falls, carbuncle swelling sores.

① Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "treating wind damage, Dieda, nameless swelling and poison. "

② Fujian folk herbal medicine: "dispersing blood stasis, promoting blood circulation, clearing heat and detoxifying. "

③ Chinese medicine and plant illustrated book: "to cure women's menorrhea. "

④ Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "kill insects, dispel wind and cold, remove blood stasis, cough and phlegm. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 0.5-1 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

① Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "taking too much will cause vomiting. During the period of taking medicine, sugar and corn were forbidden. "

② Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "taking a large amount of it will lead to liver bleeding. It is absolutely forbidden for pregnant women. "

[prescription selection] ① treatment of traumatic injuries: hold the leaves of fresh silver thread, wash them, mash them with red wine, rub them or apply them to the injured area. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of snake bite: three to five pieces of fresh yinxiancao leaves, plus some realgar mashed, pasted on the wound. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of carbuncle and sore: yinxiancao Erqian, Jianfu. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Cure milk knot: four leaf gold, reed root. On two flavors, add brown sugar to pound the affected area. (collection of tested prescriptions, Taijiang District, Fuzhou)

⑤ Treatment of skin pruritus: yinxiancao Decoction wash. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)