Chicken tree

Chicken tree

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

[synonym] jishutiaozi (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine), nuomitiaozi (Chinese economic flora).

[source] it is the tender branch and leaf of Caprifoliaceae.

[plant morphology] Acanthopanax giraldii, also known as Tianmu Qionghua.

Deciduous shrub, 2-3m high. The bark is grayish brown, with longitudinal strips and cork layers; the branchlets are brown to reddish brown, with obvious edges. The leaves are simple, opposite, ovate to broadly ovate, 6-12 m long, 5-10 cm wide, usually 3-lobed, rounded or truncated at the base, palmately 3-veined, lobes spreading slightly outward, middle lobes longer than lateral lobes, apex acuminate or protruding, margin with irregular teeth, yellow green above, glabrous below, hairy in vein axils; petioles stout, glandular near. The umbelliform cyme is terminal, compact and multi flowered. It is composed of 6-8 corymbs, 8-10 cm in diameter. The fertile flower is in the center, and there are infertile radial flowers on the periphery. The total stalk is stout, 2-5 cm long. The Corolla is cup-shaped, radially spreading, milky white, 5-lobed, 5 mm in diameter. The anther is purple. The infertile flower is white, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, 5-lobed. Drupe globose, 8 mm in diameter, bright red, odorous. Seeds round, flat. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in hillside, forest edge and miscellaneous forest. Distributed in Liaoning, Jilin, heilongqian, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang and other places.

The fruit of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] collected in spring and summer, dried or fresh.

[nature and taste] Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China: "sweet and bitter, flat. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and detumescence. It is used to treat pain of lumbar and limb joints, contusion, sores and scabies.

① "Jilin Chinese herbal medicine": "Tongjing Huoluo, hemostasis, analgesia, cough. It is used to treat backache, leg pain and injury. "

② "Northeast commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual):" detumescence, pain, insecticidal. "

③ Ningxia Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-4 yuan; or grind powder. Wash with boiling water.

[selection] 1. To treat backache and leg pain: Chicken tree sliver. Fry in water and wash often. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment flash waist fork, joint pain: Chicken tree tender branches and leaves three to four money (fresh five to one or two money). Take it in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

③ Treatment of traumatic injuries: Chicken tree strips, Pueraria, potatoes each five money. Baking into charcoal, grinding fine powder, each serving two money, twice a day, yellow rice wine as a guide. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of boils, scabies, itching: Chicken tree branches and leaves and fruit fried water wash the affected area. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)