Linaloon

Linaloon

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan)

Cattle lice.

[source] it is the root and leaf of Castanopsis fissa, a Tiliaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Castanopsis longicornis

Deciduous subshrub, about 1 m high. Branches with yellowish stellate hairs. Leaves ovate, narrowly ovate or lanceolate, 8-16 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base rounded, lower leaves sometimes 3-lobed, margin with irregular teeth, base often with 3-5 veins, both sides stellate pilose; petiole 1-5 cm long, pilose; stipules conical, about 5-10 mm long. Cyme, axillary; flowers yellow, 1 cm long; pedicel about 6-10 mm long; sepals 5, linear, about 7 mm long, apically apically apically apically with sparse stellate hairs; petals 5, nearly as long as sepals, rounded spatulate, base ciliated; stamens 10. Capsule globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., densely spiny, spines 6-10 mm long, apex hooked recurved, with flat hispid hairs. 8 seeds. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruit period is from August to December.

It grows in the shrubbery of dry sunny slope, roadside and ridge. Distributed in Taiwan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] leaves in spring and roots in autumn and winter.

[flavor] sweet, slightly pungent, warm.

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, promoting qi and regulating menstruation. Treatment of irregular menstruation, abdominal mass pain, traumatic injury.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.