Golden scissors

Golden scissors

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

Another name: Clematis by the river.

[source] the whole plant of Clematis huzhouensis (Ranunculaceae).

[plant morphology] Clematis Huzhou

Perennial grass vines. Stem 6-ribbed, sparsely curved pubescent, glabrous later. The leaflet is 4-5 cm long, gradually smaller upward, undivided or 2-3-cleft or 3-cleft. The lobes are narrowly ovate, entire, glabrous on the top, with adnexal short coarse hairs on the bottom, and dense hairs on the veins. 1-3 flowers are axillary cymes with slender pedicels, 2 opposite leaflike bracts at the base, 3-lobed or undivided; sepals 4, white, oblong oblanceolate, pubescence; stamens many, filaments short and wide; pistils 12, densely pilose. The flowering period is July.

Born in the ditch, riparian wetland. It is distributed in Zhejiang Province.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, fresh.

[function indications] dispel wind and detumescence. Treatment of deep abscess, rheumatoid arthritis, brain tumors.

[usage and dosage] external use: appropriate amount of fresh grass is mashed and applied.

[prescription selection] ① for deep abscess and rheumatoid arthritis: smash with golden scissors, apply to the affected area for 24 hours, remove after foaming.

② Treatment of brain tumor: appropriate amount of fresh gold scissors, add a small amount of salt, mash and apply externally on the head, and remove it within 24-36 hours. If the local foam, with the needle prick, generally apply once.

Chinese PinYin : Jin Jian Dao