Diamond sting

Diamond sting

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Jingangteng (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the rhizome of Smilax bracteata.

[plant morphology] Smilax bracteata, also known as Smilax nigricans.

Climbing woody vines. Rhizome massive, brown. Branches green, with dark brown flat spines. Leaves alternate, ovate oblong, 5-10 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded or microcordate, entire; petiole 7-12 mm long, with tendrils above middle. Flowers dioecious, umbels axillary; pedicels shorter than petioles; flowers white or greenish white, perianth segments 4. Berry subglobose, black, with 3 seeds. The flowering period is May. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in low mountains, shrubs or valley banks. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

The rhizome of this plant is also used as Clematis in Shaanxi Province. See "Clematis bar.".

The rhizome of Smilax China is also used as medicine in Shaanxi Province. See "jingangtengtou".

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter and pungent in taste, flat in nature. "

[function indications] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "eliminate rheumatism, activate blood circulation, detoxify, calm convulsion and wind, and fight cancer. Treatment of rheumatism, low back pain, infantile convulsion, enteritis, sores, rashes, cancer. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-3 yuan (large dose can be used to one or two); or soak in wine. External use: grind powder, grind juice, adjust and apply or decoct and wash.

[selection] treatment of cervical lymph node tuberculosis: one to two pairs of diamond spines, stewed pork. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai)