Gold ribbon

Gold ribbon

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] golden belt (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the filaments of the green tree hair of the family usnaceae.

[plant morphology] green tree hair

Parasitic lichens, all filamentous, yellowish green or golden yellow, about 25 cm long. The branches are thick and linear, the apex is spiny when wet, the branchlets and the principal axis are triangular, and the surface of the principal axis has obvious coarse lines and elasticity. The medulla is often seen in the longitudinal fissure. Pollen bud, needle bud and cupule like spot are deficient.

It is parasitic on dead trees in high mountains. Distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places.

[collection] the filaments can be collected all year round, cleaned and dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] it contains chlorogenic acid, tunic acid and d-arabinol.

[taste] sweet and bitter, flat.

Functions and indications: remove rheumatism, stop bleeding and relieve pain, regulate menstruation and activate blood circulation, calm and calm the nerves, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Treatment of low back and leg pain, traumatic bleeding, irregular menstruation, uterine prolapse, leucorrhea, psychosis, epilepsy, hemiplegia, impotence, dizziness. "

[selection] ① for cerebral anemia and dizziness: gold ribbon, hand ginseng and Ligusticum. Stone calamus two money, deer grass four money. Fried soup.

② Treatment of traumatic bleeding: golden ribbon, Herba Erigerontis, Acorus tatarinowii each equal amount. Apply the powder to the wound. (the following is Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)