Chinese amphibious knotweed rhizome

Chinese amphibious knotweed rhizome

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] paozhangtong (selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), suonahua, maweilian, yangruzi, Yanshanhong (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), yangweicao (Guizhou medicinal plant catalogue).

[source] it is the whole grass and rhizome of the plant of Bignoniaceae.

[plant morphology] maozicao

Perennial herbs, 50-100 cm high. The rhizome is woody and stout. Stem oblate cylindrical, reddish brown. The leaflets are oblong ovate, apex acute, base broadly cuneate, margin coarsely serrate. Raceme terminal; tube shaped, 3-4 cm long, pink. Capsule slender angular or linear cylindrical, ca. 10 cm long, ca. 4 mm in diameter. The seeds have wings at both ends. It blooms in summer.

It grows in dry soil, hillside and grass. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] collected in autumn and dried in the shade.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan: "bitter, cool. "

Functions and indications: invigorating spleen, regulating dampness, promoting Qi, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. For diarrhea, dysentery, stomachache, hypochondriac pain, rheumatic pain, irregular menstruation, sore carbuncle, fracture.

① "Selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Yunnan Province": "anti inflammatory, analgesic, promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis. Treatment of rheumatism, bone pain, irregular menstruation, sore, carbuncle, fracture. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "stop diarrhea, stop dysentery, Xiaoshi Jianwei. Treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia. "

③ "Guizhou medicine and plant catalog": "Xingqi Zhitong, hemostasis. Treatment of chest pain, stomachache, wound bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.