Silver shoulder pole

Silver shoulder pole

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Aquilegia qinlingensis (Ranunculaceae).

[plant morphology] Aquilegia Qinling

Perennial herbs. Roots spindle shaped, dark brown, with many fibrous roots. Leaves alternate, 2-3-compound; leaflets rhomboid obovate or obliquely obovate, margin crenate. Cyme terminal, with 2-5 flowers; rachis pilose, base with leaflike involucre, above middle with linear involucre. Flowers purple, large and beautiful; sepals 5, radially symmetric, elliptic, with petals of the same color or different color, shorter than the distance; petals 5, petals short and broad, extending forward, base has a backward extension, hollow and curved distance; stamens many, internal degradation; pistils 5, separated, ovules many. Five, upright.

On the grass or hillside near the ditch. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan.

[collection] in summer, it was dug, removed fibrous roots, washed and dried in the shade.

[sexual taste] it is pungent and slightly bitter, flat in nature, and has little poison.

Functions and indications: remove blood stasis and generate new, relieve pain and dispel wind. There is blood stasis in the treatment of traumatic injuries.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan; or soak in wine.