Ground penetrating wind

Ground penetrating wind

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] Liquidambar fordii (collection of medicinal materials) and Caulis tongyeteng (records of medicinal plants of Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang Province).

[source] the root bark of Saxifragaceae.

Earth penetrating wind

Deciduous liana, climbing by air roots, up to 4 meters high. The leaves are opposite, ovate to broadly ovate, 8-15 cm long, apex acuminate, base truncate or round to heart-shaped, entire or anterior part sparsely denticulate, thick, with fine hairs or glabrous veins below; petiole 3-8 cm long. Corymbose cyme terminal; flower 2-type; peripheral sterile flowers, with a large sepal, narrowly ovate to elliptic needle shaped, about 4-6 cm long and 3 cm wide, apex short pointed, milky white, brown when old, sepal stalk thin and weak, 2-4 cm long; pregnant flowers small, green; sepals 4-5; petals 4-5; stamens 10; style 1. Capsule gyroscopic, 6 mm long, 10 ribbed. Seeds numerous, linear. The flowering period is from June to July.

Under the forest. Distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round. The roots can be dug, peeled and dried in the sun.

[herbal medicine] the dried root bark is semi drum shaped, thick and wide, with reticulated inner layer. It is better to use cortex pine cloth, no wood core, red brown color, light fragrance and camphor flavor.

It is mainly produced in Guangxi.

[nature and taste] records of yam plants in Tianmen, Zhejiang Province: "cool in nature, light in taste. "

[function indications] it is used to treat rheumatism, beriberi and soreness of limbs and joints.

① Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "to treat the muscles and bones, to promote beriberi. "

② "Collection of medicinal materials": "to rheumatism, pain. "

③ "Driving wind and promoting blood circulation" is one of the most important contents in "Zhejiang Tianmu yam Zhi". For filariasis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-4 yuan; or soak in wine.

[selected prescription] for the treatment of limb joint pain: one and a half catties of Rhizoma digitalis or rattan, half catties of Illicium verum, acanthopanax senticosus and Salvia miltiorrhiza, six taels of Achyranthes bidentata and five taels of Ephedra. Finely cut, add 12 Jin of yellow rice wine, 1 jin of brown sugar and 1 jin of red jujube, put them into a small jar and seal them, then simmer for 4 hours. Drink about four Liang on an empty stomach every morning and evening. After taking the head juice, you can add ten jin of yellow rice wine, stew and take it as above. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)