False grape

False grape

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] butaoteng, chuanguoshan and shanhulu (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the root bark, stem and leaf of Vitis vinifera.

[plant morphology] Vitis vinifera

Liana woody with intermittent tendrils. Branches cylindric, covered with white or yellowish arachnoid hairs when young. The leaves are cordate, 5-9 cm wide, apex acuminate or obtuse, base subcordate or truncate, margin irregularly dentate: petiole 2-6 cm long, covered with white arachnoid hairs when young. Flowers small, polygamous, with slender stalks, panicles of cymes, branched; stalks above middle sometimes tendrils; calyx discoid, glabrous; petals 5, white green, apically united into a cap. Berry small, subglobose, dark blue, with 2-4 seeds. It blooms in autumn.

Born in stone crevice or earth ridge. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical constituents] rattan contains phenols.

[functions and indications] ① in Guangxi plant list: "root bark: Soothing tendons and activating blood circulation, clearing away heat and toxin, promoting muscle and promoting dampness. Treatment of fracture, rheumatism, paralysis, strain, nameless swelling and toxin, red dysentery. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "stem and leaf: detoxification, pain relief, detumescence. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping.