Radix Polygoni Multiflori

Radix Polygoni Multiflori

(Shandong traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] Taishan (Shandong traditional Chinese Medicine), Taishan Baishouwu (discussion on varieties of traditional Chinese Medicine), and heshangwu (Shandong Manual of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the tuberous root of the family Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] daigenniupixiao

Perennial twining herbs, high speed 1-2 meters. Stem slender, surface grayish purple, glabrous. Leaf blade halberd or triangular heart-shaped, 3-5.5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, apex acuminate, base heart-shaped, entire, dark green above, thinly covered with short bristles, 2-4 brown short glandular hairs at the base of main veins, light green below, with fine bristles on veins. Umbel axillary; flowers small, yellowish green, calyx nearly 5-lobed, lobes ovate, reflexed downward; corolla 5-deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate, reflexed downward; corolla 5, connected with stamen at base, spreading lanceolate, and higher than stigma; stamen 5, connected with filaments as tube, surrounding pistil, anthers attached around stigma; pistil 1, composed of 2 separate carpels, flowers Column 2, apically united into a thick discoid 5-lobed stigma. Follicles 2, long angular, ca. 10 cm long, dehiscent along one side at maturity. Seeds obovate, apex with silvery white villi, ca. 3 cm long. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from August to September.

Wild in the mountains and forests, often entangled with other plants and rise. Distributed in Hebei, Shandong and other places.

[collection] the seedlings in early spring were harvested before germination or in November, and the best harvest was in early spring. When harvesting, do not damage the root. After digging out, wash the soil, remove the residual stems and fibrous roots, and dry them in the sun, or slice them to dry in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried root tuber is cylindrical or spherical, 5-10 cm long and 1.5-3.5 cm in diameter. The surface is yellowish brown and wrinkled, and the embolus is easy to peel off layer by layer. It is hard, white and powdery. Without Qi, the taste is bitter, sweet and astringent. It is better to be thick, pink and white.

It is mainly produced in Shandong Province.

In addition to the above-mentioned varieties, the medicinal materials of Cynanchum bungei also belong to auricular leaf Niupi Xiao (see "feilaihe" Tiao) and the tuberous root of geshanniupi Xiao, which are also used as Cynanchum bungei in some areas.

[chemical constituents] daigenniupixiaosu has cardiotonic reaction.

[nature and taste] Shandong traditional Chinese medicine: "bitter, sweet and astringent, slightly depressed, non-toxic. "

[function indications] Shandong traditional Chinese medicine: "it is nourishing, strong and blood tonifying medicine, and can astringe essence and Qi, black beard and black hair. It is used to treat chronic diseases, weakness, anemia, early white hair, chronic rheumatism, weakness of waist and knee, sexual neurasthenia, hemorrhoids, intestinal bleeding, yin deficiency, malaria and ulcer. It is fresh and has the function of moistening intestines and defecating. It is suitable for elderly constipation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 Qian; or into pills, powder.