Celastrus angustifolia

Celastrus angustifolia

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[synonym] Sinomenium, Thrushcross, Tiegu powder, ivy, Radix Astragali, Xiaoye qingjinhua.

[source] it is the root of Guling gouer tea, a rhamniaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Guling gouer tea

Deciduous twining shrubs, about 3 meters high. Single leaf alternate, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long and 1.2-2.5 cm wide, apex acute, with cuspidate, base rounded or subcordate, entire or anterior part undulate serrate, both sides glabrous, lateral veins 7-10 pairs; petiole 6-9 mm long, stipules 1 pair. Flowers greenish, in narrow panicles, on top of lateral branches; calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate, with very fine cilia; petals 5-obovate, smaller than sepals; stamens 5; ovary 2-locular, style thick and short, 2-forked. Drupe oblong, 7-8 mm long, purple black, base with persistent calyx. The flowering period is summer and autumn. The fruit ripens after one year.

It grows in the sunny shrub or forest edge of mountain area. Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Jinhua's selected prescriptions of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines: "slightly astringent, warm. "

[functions and indications] 1. Records of Zhejiang Tianmu yam planting: "it can cure joint pain, infantile malnutrition and amenorrhea in women. "

② "Dispelling wind and dampness, dredging meridians and promoting blood circulation" in Jinhua's selected prescriptions of common Chinese herbal medicines. Treatment of rheumatic arthralgia, osteomyelitis, chronic eczema, infantile malnutrition. "

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

[selected formula] for infantile malnutrition: ziqingteng root, baimagu root, etc. Water fried, add red dates, rock sugar stew service. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)